Austrian tennis player, the fourth racket of the world Dominique Tim at the start of the tournament in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro in three sets in two hours and five minutes beat the representative of Brazil Felipe Alves Meligeni– 6:2, 4:6, 6:1.
Tim three times filed through, made two double faults and implemented four break-points of eight, and the Brazilian, occupying 341-e a place in rating ATP, three aces, one double fault and one implemented the break.
Thus, the Austrian reached the second round of the tournament where he will face Spaniard Jaume Munar (No. 99), who in the first round of the Italian Salvatore Caruso (№97) – 7:5, 6:4.