Garcia-Lopez d. Guccione

Garcia-Lopez beat Guccione 7-6(5), 7-5 in the first round at the Medibank International - Sydney. Garcia-Lopez won 97 of 189 points (51%). Garcia-Lopez hit 8 aces to 13 and won 73% of points behind the first serve (40/55) against 74% for Guccione. The second serve told: 58% won for Garcia-Lopez, 38% for Guccione. Garcia-Lopez converted 1 of 14 break points and saved 4 of 4 faced; Guccione converted 0 of 4. The match was played on hard in Australia.