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THAILAND OPEN 2013 

Sijsling Upsets Nieminen; Plays Haase In Bangkok Second Round

Bangkok, Thailand


by ATP Staff
  |
23.09.2013
 
Igor Sijsling will play fellow Dutchman Robin Haase in the Thailand Open second round.

Sijsling lost just two of his first service points in a 6-3, 7-6(2) victory over seventh seed Jarkko Nieminen in 74 minutes on Monday.

Haase, who reached his third ATP World Tour final at the Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad in July (l. to Youzhny), knocked out Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 6-4 in 72 minutes.

In their only FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, Sijsling beat Haase in three sets at the Heineken Open in January.

In the final round of qualifying, Santiago Giraldo, Alejandro Falla, Go Soeda and Marco Chiudinelli earned main draw spots.