Defending champion Dmitry Tursunov, 2nd-seeded Gilles Simon win opening matches

Defending champion Dmitry Tursunov won his opening-round match at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, rallying to beat Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 7-5 on Monday night. The third-seeded Tursunov, trailing 4-1 and serving 15-40 in the second set, saved his serve, then went on to win six of the last seven games against his fellow Russian doubles partner. "I wasn't serving well in the second set," Tursunov said. "I don't know what my first-serve percentage was (46 percent). I don't know if it goes that low. "I think he (Kunitsyn) tried to do too much with second serves. The key was to not get upset. You try to correct things as you go." Second-seeded Gilles Simon won his debut match, outlasting Nicolas Mahut 6-2,... [read full story]                    

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