GERMANY'S Phillip Petzschner made a grand debut in the ATP Malaysian Open by winning both his singles and doubles first round matches while Russia's former champion Nikolay Davydenko also had a good start at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
Petzschner, the World No 66, defeated compatriot Mischa Zverev 7-5, 6-3 for his 22nd win of the season. The 27-year-old squandered a double break lead in the opening set before breaking for the third time to clinch it. He broke Zverev's serve twice in the second to prevail in 72 minutes.
He returned to court a few hours later with Austria's Jurgen Melzer in their first tournament together since winning the US Open doubles title. The World No 5 struggled in the first set before prevailing 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 over the Russian and Kazakhstan combination of Mikhail Elgin and Mikhail Kukushkin in 74 minutes.Melzer and Petzschner are not thinking about their quarter-final opponents in doubles as both prefer to concentrate on singles first. - http://www.nst.com.my
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