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Berdych wins second-round match at Thailand Open

Tomas Berdych, shown during this year's U.S. Open, was a winner of a second-round match Wednesday at the Thailand Open. UPI Photo/Monika Graff
Tomas Berdych, shown during this year's U.S. Open, was a winner of a second-round match Wednesday at the Thailand Open. UPI Photo/Monika Graff | License Photo

BANGKOK, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Tomas Berdych won in straight sets Wednesday in a second-round match at the Thailand Open tennis tournament.

Berdych, No. 6 in the world rankings, defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-3 and avenged a three-set loss in India earlier this year in the players' first career meeting.

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Berdych had 11 aces and didn't drop his serve in the match. He was particularly effective on first serves, winning 30-of-35 of those points when he was good on his first serve.

Sixth-seeded Feliciano Lopez topped Go Soeda 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 behind a 14-ace attack. Soeda managed one break in the first set but Lopez didn't allow him a break opportunity in the second set, losing only five points over five games serving.

Igor Sijsling also earned a place in the quarterfinals, edging Robin Haase 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2). Sijsling won 90-percent -- 27-of-30 -- of the points when serving in the third set.

The final first-round results saw fifth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny stop Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-2 while Denis Istomin needed just 60 minutes for a 6-3, 6-0 decision over Jeong Suk-young and Lu Yen-hsun took out Evgeny Donskoy 6-3, 6-2 in 64 minutes.

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