CASABLANCA, Morocco, April 7 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Igor Andreev needed to rally Tuesday for a first-round victory at the $600,000 Grand Prix Hassan II tennis tournament in Morocco.
Andreev had trouble getting going and had his serve broken twice in the first set before he was able to escape with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over wild-card entrant Rabie Chaki. Andreev was very solid in the second set, no facing a break points and getting 85 percent of his first serves in.