Sofia Open: Verdasco upends Basilashvili to second round
Fernando Verdasco defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-6 (1), 7-5 on Wednesday. He’ll face Australian Aleksandar Vukic in the next round
Spaniard Fernando Verdasco upended Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (1), 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Sofia Open at the Arena Armeec Sofia on Wednesday afternoon.
The 38-year-old Verdasco, ranked No 116, will face Australian Aleksandar Vukic, who upset Fabio Fognini, next.
Sofia ATP 250, other first-round results (Arena Armeec Sofia, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-3, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Fabio Fognini: 7-6 (11), 7-5
- Ugo Humbert (Q) beat Dimitar Kuzmanov (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Nuno Borges beat Mirza Basic (LL): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Oscar Otte (8) beat Dragos Nicolae Madaras (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Holger Rune (5) beat Tim van Rijthoven: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6)
- Ilya Ivashka beat Mikael Ymer: 7-6 (8), 4-6, 7-5
- Alexandar Lazarov (WC) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-5, 6-3
- Kamil Majchrzak beat Ricardas Berankis: 7-5, 6-2
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