Mercedes Cup 2016: Tuesday Tennis Scores, Results and Updated Schedule

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Published: June 7, 2016

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Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro prevailed in his first grass-court match since 2013 as he beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday to make the second round of the 2016 Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.

Last year's runner-up and sixth seed, Viktor Troicki, was dumped out in the opening round by Germany's Florian Mayer, who prevailed 6-4, 7-6(4) in 70 minutes. 

Meanwhile, America's Taylor Fritz earned a second-round matchup with Roger Federer after he beat Fabrice Martin in three sets, and eighth seed Lucas Pouille lost to Australia's John Millman.

Here's a look at all of Tuesday's results:



For the updated schedule, visit the Pro Tennis Live app.

 

Tuesday Recap Del Potro looked in good shape against his Bulgarian opponent and showed no signs of rust after taking a month off and having not played on grass for so long.

He edged a tight opener that went to 4-4 by claiming one of just two break points offered to him by Dimitrov, while he gave up no chances on his own serve.

Del Potro's big serve was impressive, and Dimitrov could do very little when he got the first serve in, a key factor in the second set when the former world No. 4 upped his percentage from 50 to 75.

Again the 27-year-old offered up no break points but claimed two of his own, and fittingly, del Potro finished the match with a few aces to ease through to the next round, per TennisTV:



It was a similar situation in Mayer's defeat of Troicki, the German's much better first-serve percentage—70 to 55—proving the key factor as he won in straight sets.

The pair exchanged breaks in the opener, but Mayer crucially picked up another to see out the first set 6-4.

It was a different story in the second as a tiebreak ensued after neither player was able to force a single chance on his oppo...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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