Starace, Troicki take Kremlin Cup matches

19 Oct. 2010

Potito Starace  and Viktor Troicki each defeated Russian players in three sets Monday, the first day of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.

Starace rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 triumph over Moscow's Teymuraz Gabashvili. Starace landed 86 percent of his first serve and lost his serve once -- a break that cost him the first set. He lost only seven points over 10 service games in the second and third sets.

Troicki got by Dmitry Tursunov, a native of Moscow, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Troicki finished with five breaks, including two in the final set.

The day's other match was also a three-setter with seventh-seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky beating Michael Russell 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Russell won one more point (102-101) in the match but Stakhovsky had one more break of serve to advance.

Russians Nikolay Davydenko and defending champion Mikhail Youzhny are the top seeds for the tournament, which will pay out $1 million in prizes, including $181,750 first-place check.

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