The first day also saw the departure of India’s wild card entry Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan as he lost the first Singles match against Czech player Jiri Vesely 5-7, 2-6.
Canada’s Pospisil, who came in the limelight after beating John Isner (USA), Radek Stepanek, Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) and Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) in the Rogers Cup - ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada this year, outplayed his British opponent in many areas.
The 32-ranked Canadian easily took the lead over Edmund after the first-set win. However, Edmund came back strongly in the second set and showed some beautiful shots to stun higher-ranked Pospisil. The Canadian kept himself calm throughout the match and took the match to the tie-breaker. Here, Pospisil displayed his class with brilliant skills and won his first match in the ATP 250 tournament.
In the first Singles match, Jiri Vesely and Jeevan N. started well and giving tough fights to each other. With the help of huge cheering from the crowd, local player Jeevan showed his gutsy shots against the experienced 85-ranked Vesely. However, he played few bad shots in the last few games and eventually, lost the first set.
After the first-set lead, Vesely came back strongly in the second set and rallied Jeevan all around the court. The 25-yr-old Chennai-lad failed to catch his opponent and lost the second set as well.
In another Round 1 match, Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu’s straight set victory over United States’ Tim Smyczek 6-4, 6-2 set the day on fire. The 66th ranked Lu outplayed 89th ranked Smyczek in both the sets in the unseeded Singles tie.
Canada’s Pospisil, who came in the limelight after beating John Isner (USA), Radek Stepanek, Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) and Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) in the Rogers Cup - ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada this year, outplayed his British opponent in many areas.
The 32-ranked Canadian easily took the lead over Edmund after the first-set win. However, Edmund came back strongly in the second set and showed some beautiful shots to stun higher-ranked Pospisil. The Canadian kept himself calm throughout the match and took the match to the tie-breaker. Here, Pospisil displayed his class with brilliant skills and won his first match in the ATP 250 tournament.
In the first Singles match, Jiri Vesely and Jeevan N. started well and giving tough fights to each other. With the help of huge cheering from the crowd, local player Jeevan showed his gutsy shots against the experienced 85-ranked Vesely. However, he played few bad shots in the last few games and eventually, lost the first set.
After the first-set lead, Vesely came back strongly in the second set and rallied Jeevan all around the court. The 25-yr-old Chennai-lad failed to catch his opponent and lost the second set as well.
In another Round 1 match, Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu’s straight set victory over United States’ Tim Smyczek 6-4, 6-2 set the day on fire. The 66th ranked Lu outplayed 89th ranked Smyczek in both the sets in the unseeded Singles tie.