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Gstaad 1st round 7/26/11 1 2 3 Tot  Julien Benneteau 6 6 6 2  Lukas Rosol 2 7 3 1

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Gstaad 1st round 7/26/11 1 2 3 Tot  Michael Lammer 4 7 3 1  Feliciano Lopez 6 6 6 2

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• Lopez, Benneteau edge through in Gstaad

  7/26/11 11:37 PM | Cheryl Murray
  After a struggle, both Julien Benneteau and Feliciano Lopez made their way into the second round in Gstaad.
  
  Feliciano Lopez (5) def. Michael Lammer (WC) 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
  
  Swiss wildcard Michael Lammer put on a good show for his countrymen to extend this first round match to three sets. The Swiss man even managed a break of Feliciano Lopez’s serve in the second set.
  
  World No. 24 Lopez gave a lackluster performance, with his oft-maligned backhand letting him down often. The Spaniard smacked 18 aces, but his first serve percentage languished around 50% for the match and sunk to 40% in the third set. Despite his less-than-stellar numbers in the third set, Lopez still only faced one break point and managed well enough to secure the match-winning break of serve.
  
  Lopez will take on countryman Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the second round.
  
  Julien Benneteau def. Lukas Rosol 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3
  
  Struggling Frenchman Julien Benneteau, whose ranking dropped from a career high of 32 in the world last year to No. 111, managed to pull out a win over the Czech Republic’s Lukas Rosol. Benneteau faced down 8 break points and managed to stave off each of them to keep himself in this match.
  
  Rosol also faced 8 break points, but Benneteau managed to convert 3 of them, 2 in the first set and 1 in the third.
  
  Benneteau will play the winner of Spaniard Pablo Andujar and Matthias Bachinger of Germany in the second round.
  
  
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