Dubai Feb 28 (IANS) Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka bowed out of the Dubai Championships after going down to Bosnia s Damir Dzumhur while Spain s Fernando Verdasco managed to advance to the second round after beating Italian Andreas Seppi here on Tuesday.
Wawrinka was defeated in his first match since the Australian Open semi-finals as 24-year-old Dzumhur beat him 7-6 (4) 6-3 reports Efe.
Dzumhur will now take on Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the second round who eliminated the Czech Jiri Vesely.
Verdasco defeated Andreas Seppi 6-2 7-5 in one hour and 22 minutes and will play against countryman Roberto Bautista who previously eliminated the Russian Karen Khachanov.
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Wawrinka bows out, Verdasco advances in Dubai Championships
