BARCELONA, Spain, April 18 (UPI) -- Albert Montanes survived a lengthy match and claimed a straight-set victory in first-round action Monday at the Barcelona Open tennis tournament in Spain.
Montanes, seeded 11th, defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 6-2 and won 57 percent of the points en route to the second round. But he had to battle for a 1 hour, 47 minutes to get there.