Philipp Kohlschreiber knocks out seed Lucas Pouille in first round in Rotterdam

ByPA Sport

Published 14/02/2017 at 13:24 GMT

Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber knocked out eighth seed Lucas Pouille in the first round of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

Eighth seed Lucas Pouille was beaten by Philipp Kohlschreiber

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Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber knocked out eighth seed Lucas Pouille in the first round of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

The 33-year-old took the first set 7-5 and then comfortably swept aside his French opponent, 11 years his junior, 6-2 in the second.

Gilles Simon won the all-French battle against Nicolas Mahut but had to work hard as he recovered from losing the first set 6-3.

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Simon struggled with his first serve all morning - his success rate was just 36 per cent in the opening set - but it gradually improved and he won the next two sets 6-3 6-4.

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