New Delhi: The seeded players had a tough time at the Hypo Group International tournament in Austria on Monday with Andy Roddick and Ivan Ljubicic struggling to enter the second round.
Second-seeded Roddick took on Alexander Peya of Austria in the first round and though he won the first set easily but had a bit of trouble in the second.
Roddick finally won the match defeating the unseeded Austrian 6-4, 7-5.
"I think I was the lucky one in the end because he had set points in both sets. He was serving on both set points and I think I was just a little bit calmer on those difficult moments," Roddick said after the match.
Ivan Ljubicic, who has not had a good year so far also progressed to the next round but had to sweat it out against Amer Delic of USA to win his first round match 7-6 (7), 7-6 (8).
However, eighth-seeded Max Mirnyi of Belarus had no such luck and lost 6-4, 6-4 to French qualifier Mathieu Montcourt.
In the second round Roddick will take on Denmark's Kristian Pless who beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-3, 6-3.
Also through to the next round is Albert Montanes of Spain, who beat Daniele Bracciali of Italy 6-0, 6-4. Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea defeated Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, winning 6-3, 6-0. Wild card Gael Monfils of France also advanced to the next round by beating Sam Querrey of the United States, 6-4, 7-5.
(With inputs from AP)
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