Mercedes Cup 2016: Tuesday Tennis Scores, Results and Updated Schedule
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.
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Here's a look at all of Tuesday's results:
| Taylor Fritz bt. Fabrice Martin | 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 |
| Florian Mayer bt. (6) Viktor Troicki | 6-4, 7-6(4) |
| John Millman bt. (8) Lucas Pouille | 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4 |
| Mikhail Youzhny bt. (5) Feliciano Lopez | 7-6 (3), 6-3 |
| (7) Philipp Kohlschreiber bt. Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 6-4, 6-1 |
| Juan Martin del Potro bt. Grigor Dimitrov | 6-4, 6-2 |
| Denis Kudla bt. Dusan Lajovic | 6-0, 6-2 |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky bt. Jan Choinski | 6-3, 0-0, (Retired) |
| Radek Stepanek bt.Denis Istomin | 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 |
| Jan-Lennard Struff bt. Marcos Baghdatis | 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
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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 opponent's serve.
Mayer pounced when it mattered and clinched the set and the match to send the world No. 21 crashing out of the tournament.
The 18-year-old Fritz claimed his chance to go up against arguably the game's greatest-ever player by edging Frenchman Martin in just under 90 minutes, playing on a surface he clearly enjoys:
The American lost the opener and was teetering on the edge of going out when the second set went to a tiebreak, but he managed to tie the game up, prevailing 8-6.
Fritz then blitzed the decider, breaking Martin three times and offering no opportunities on his own serve to book his place in the second round in Germany.
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