The meeting lasted 2 hours 40 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 7 (3: 7).
It is noteworthy that the Russian tennis player first won in the third set with a score of 5: 2.
In the second round, Saccari will meet the winner of the match, in which the Frenchwoman Alize Korne will play with the Latvian Elena Ostapenko.
Earlier, Karen Khachanov and Andrei Rublev lost at the start of the ATP tournament in Rotterdam in doubles.