to the second round of the world tennis tournament in rotterdam after a straight—sets win over mischa zverevet but some superb serving got him back in the match. he has a good record in this tournament — having won it in 2014, and reached the final a year later. berdych will meet the winner of jan—lenna rd struff and viktor troicki next. feliciano lopez beat martin klizan in straight sets but the slovakian didn't go down without a fight. this beautiful lob kept him in the match early on and it went to a tie—break in the second. lopez will meet either david goffin or benoit paire in the last 16. and roger federer begins his bid for a 3rd title on wednesday against the belgian ruben bemelmans. if the 36 year old gets as far as the semi—finals he'll replace rafael nadal at the top of the rankings — that would make him the oldest person to ever hold the world number one position. the swiss picks and chooses his tournaments more now and says it's a joint effort when deciding. my my family, will my wife, my friends, my coaching team, everybody needs to be on board with this decision but at the end

he'll play the winner ofjuan martin del potro and mischa zverev.there was a shock result for top seed grigor dimitrov, the world number four who won the atp world tour finals at the end of last year, lost in three sets to tunisian wild card malekjaziri. dimitrov claimed the opening set before the world number 117 produced a stunning fightback and he'll play robin haase in the second round. roger federer isn't playing in either of those tournaments, instead he's been winning awards in monaco. the world number one fought back the tears as he was named sportsman of the year. the 36—year—old australian open champion also won the comeback of the year prize as he became the most decorated person in the awards' history. it's been wonderful not to prove people wrong, but to prove myself right and my team right, that we did have a plan, we were right, we believed we could beat the best, we believed we could beat the best, we believed you could be the best, and i believe we could —— i could win more slam. that is what i think makes me so greatly proud and ha