E. Butvilas, seeded eighth among all tournament participants, defeated the home player Trevor Svajda (ATP-392) in the first round with a score of 7:6(1), 6:4.
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The victory for one of the country’s best tennis players was guaranteed by very effective first serves, with which he won 83 percent of the points and made as many as 12 unreturnable serves.
The American won 75% of points on his first serves but still lost three of his service games. By the way, T. Svajda’s brother Zachary performed excellently at the Roland Garros tournament in Paris, unexpectedly reaching the round of 16.
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This is E. Butvilas’s second consecutive Challenger tournament in the United States. Last week, the 21-year-old from Klaipėda was eliminated in the first round.
The Lithuanian, who secured 6 ATP ranking points and 1740 US dollars, will face American Andre Ilagan (ATP-335) in the round of 16.
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