Lleyton Hewitt fought back from a set down against American opponent Michael Russell to win his opening match of the grass court season. After conceding the first set, Hewitt only lost one game in the second set before breaking in the third to seal victory. It was a similar story for the Ballgirls favourite Grigor Dimitrov, who similarly fought back from a set down to win in three. Dimitrov broke the Dudi Sela serve twice in the second to level the match before trailing 5-4 in the final set as Sela served for the match. The Bulgarian was able to break the Sela serve after being two points away from defeat and win the tie break, much to the delight of the female audience members. Good news for Dan Evans who progressed to the second round after defeating Pella in straight sets.
Selected First Round Results:
Paire (9) beat Baker 7-5, 6-2
Dimitrov (10) beat Sela 4-6, 6-2, 7-6
Hewitt beat Russell 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Evans beat Pella 6-3, 6-1
Dodig beat Ward 6-7, 7-6, 7-6
Stakhovsky beat Corrie 6-4, 7-6
Performance of the Day: Grigor Dimitrov for impressively fighting back on several occasions against Sela to win in a dramatic third set tie-break.
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