Left - hander Alan Tabern battled to a 3 - 1 win over Christian Perez while Steve Farmer completed a five - set win over Ronnie Baxter .
Christian Perez is the Philippines player who had beaten Austria 's Dietmar Burger in the preliminary round earlier in the day .
Left - hander Alan Tabern battled to a 3 - 1 win over Christian Perez , the Philippines player who had beaten Austria 's Dietmar Burger in the preliminary round earlier in the day , while Steve Farmer completed a five - set win over Ronnie Baxter .