After a first roundbye, Richard defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-1 6-4 in Estoril. His next opponent is the winner of Anderson/Domingues.
Richard got off to a better start than last week in Barcelona when he fell in his first match against Yuichi Sugita.Though broken in his opening game, Richard rebroke immediately and took the first set 6-1. The second set was tighter, but in the end Richard imposed himself for a 6-1 6-4 victory.