Alexander Dolgopolov in an uncomplicated fight beat Victor Troitsky. The first racket of Ukraine Alexander Dolgopolov won the match of the first round of the ATR 250 series in Sydney. In the starting match, the Ukrainian defeated the 55th world racket of Serbian Victor Troitsky with a score of 6: 3, 6: 7 (8), 7: 5. Having won the starting set, Dolgopolov led with a break in the second game, but failed to submit to the victory. Troicki recouped from 3: 1 on a tiebreak and transferred the meeting to the decisive set. In the third game, the opponents exchanged breaks, and in the ninth game the Ukrainian defended the serve from the hidden matchball.

Having secured at least a tiebreak, Alexander performed another break, which put the point in this match. The match took 2 hours and 20 minutes. During this time, the Ukrainian made 13 aces, allowed 9 "double" and sold 6 breakpoints. In the next round Dolgopolov will play with the fourth seeded in the tournament Italian Fabio Fognini. Let's remind, last week Dolgopolov reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Brisbane.

Original article: Dolgopolov with a difficult victory started in Sydney.