Denis Istomin successfully started the tennis tournament with 1,995,000 euro prize money in Barcelona.
For the first time the Tashkent player ranked 84th in the ATP rankings played against 65th Frenchman Stephan Robert. The tough first set ended in a tie-break, which Istomin won with a score 7:5. But the tense ending of the first set took so much of Dennis's energy that he totally lost the second - 1/6. However, in the decisive set, Istomin was able to concentrate and win - 6/1.

23.04.2010

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