Tommy Haas eased through to the second round of the Stockholm Open with a straight sets victory over Florent Serra.
German battling injury in Stockholm
Tommy Haas eased through to the second round of the Stockholm Open with a straight sets victory over Florent Serra.
Having been forced to pull out of the Shanghai Masters last week with a shoulder problem, the German proved his fitness with a crushing 6-3 6-4 win.
The second seed - a two-time semi-finalist in Sweden - hammered down 17 aces to triumph in just 55 minutes.
Haas retired last week in China during his second-round clash with Rainer Schuettler, though his withdrawal was a precautionary measure.
Improvement
"It's okay, it's holding up," he commented when asked about the injury.
"There were a lot of nice quick points today which suited me well and I'm happy with how I played, but there's still room for improvement."
Feliciano Lopez, another player to pull out in Shanghai, managed a routine victory of his own, seeing off Ernests Gulbis 6-2 6-4.
The eighth seed thumped the Latvian just four days after being forced out of his semi-final in the Far East against Rafael Nadal.
Meanwhile, third seed Juan Carlos Ferrero was dumped out of the tournament by Marcos Baghdatis, the Cypriot winning 6-4 6-2.
There were no such problems for top seed Robin Soderling. The Swede, still in the running to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals at London, won 6-3 6-0 against Giovanni Lapentti of Ecuador.
