Nordea Open: Davidovich Fokina reaches second round

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina advanced to the second round of the Nordea Open by winning against Portuguese João Sousa 6-4, 6-2 at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Tuesday.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 36, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 8 seed, and Italian Fabio Fognini next.

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Tennis Majors

Bastad ATP 250, other first-round matches (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Baez vs. Fabio Fognini
• Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Hugo Gaston vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Sousa
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Dominic Thiem
• Federico Coria vs. Federico Delbonis: tuesday
• Albert Ramos Vinolas vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Lorenzo Sonego: tuesday
• Laslo Djere beat Lorenzo Musetti (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Elias Ymer (WC) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 7-6 (5)