Safin beat Andreev at a tournament in Valencia

Russian tennis player Marat Safin in the first round of the ATP tournament in Valencia beat his compatriot Igor Andreev with a score of 7: 6, 6: 4. The next rival of Marat is the representative of Serbia and Montenegro Boris Pashansky.

Andreev, when sowing in Valencia, became the 5th racket of the tournament, and Safin got into the main grid only thanks to Wild Card. Nevertheless, a lot of tournaments missing due to the injury of the knee Marat again proved that it goes to the peak of the form, and his return to the top ten of the current rating is just around the corner.

Earlier, the paths of Andreev and Safin at the Asia -Pacific Tarry of the Asia -Pacific region have never intersected.

But Nikolai Davydenko, who was sown in Valencia under the first number, left the tournament already in the first round, suddenly losing the Czech tennis player Jan Hernya with a score of 7: 5, 7: 5. The Russian one apparently interfered with the relapse of injuries to the left leg, received in the Davis Cup in the city of Poe, to successfully perform in Spain.

Another Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili, who at the last moment replaced Dmitry Tursunov at the tournament, lost to Italian David Sanginetti in the first match and dropped out of the draw. Thus, only Marat Safin made his way into the second circle of solitary discharge.