Dubai Feb 27 (IANS) Spaniards Roberto Bautista Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Marcel Granollers advanced to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday.
Bautista the sixth seed managed to beat Russia s Karen Khachanov 6-1 7-6 (7-4) reports Efe.
Bautista will next face the winner between fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco and Germany s Florian Mayer.
Garcia-Lopez defeated Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-4 6-3 while Granollers advanced with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Czech Jiri Vesely.
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Bautista, Garcia Lopez, Granollers in 2nd round of Dubai tennis meet
