World No 104 Pospisil stuns top seed Medvedev in 1st Rd. of ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

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Patna : World No 104 Vasek Pospisil, 29, Canada, stunned top seed Daniil Medvededv, 23, Russia, in the first round of ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, an ATP World Tour indoor hard courts 500 event, at Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 13, 2020. Pospisil beat World No 5 Medvedev 6-4, 6-3 in 67 minutes to enter the second round of the tournament.

Pospisil won 3 break points in the match to 1 by the Russian top seed. He won 3 games in a row to 2 by Medvedev. The Canadian fired 8 Aces in the match to 7 by the Russian. Medvedev committed 3 double faults to 2 by the Canadian. Pospisil won 41 service points to 30 by Medvedev. Pospisil had reached final of Open Sud de France tournament at Montpellier, France, last week.

World No 21 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 19, Canada, beat World No 22 Grigor Dimitrov, 28, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals of the event. Aliassime won 4 break points to 1 by the Bulgarian. Aliassime also won 3 games in a row in the match. He won 36 service points to 30 by Dimitrov.