Colombian Alejandro Falla recovered from a poor start to beat American Donald Young 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Auckland ATP tournament.
In one of only three matches played on the opening day as organisers rushed to complete the rain-disrupted qualifying tournament, Young broke Falla twice as he raced to a 4-0 lead in the opening set.
The Colombian, who was only promoted to the main draw on the weekend, fought back breaking Young twice before losing the set when he dropped his serve for the third time.
But he then settled into the game, bustling through the last two sets 6-3, 6-3 as he grew accustomed to the windy conditions.
In the other completed first round matches, Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat Portugal's Rui Machado 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) while Santiago Giraldo of Colombia beat Michael Venus of New Zealand 6-4, 6-3.
AFP
Tags: tennis, sport, new-zealand First posted January 09, 2012 20:17:57
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