Gijon Open: Ivashka books spot in second round, defeating 41-year old Lopez
Ilya Ivashka edged out Feliciano López 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 on Tuesday evening and will face top seed Andrey Rublev in the next round
Ilya Ivashka, 2021 | © Panoramic
Belarusian Ilya Ivashka moved into the second round of the Gijon Open by edging out Spanish wildcard Feliciano López 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the Palacio deportes on Tuesday evening.
Ivashka, ranked No 70, will play top seed Andrey Rublev next.
Lopez, now aged 41 and ranked No 415, won one match on the Tour in 2022 in 15 events, one challenger and 14 on the ATP Tour.
Gijon ATP 250, other first-round results (Palacio deportes, EUR 612.000, most recent results first):
- Andy Murray (WC) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6): 7-5, 6-2
- Marcos Giron beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Nicolas Alvarez Varona (Q) beat Marco Trungelliti (Q): 1-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Manuel Guinard (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 4-6, 6-0, 2-0 ret.
- Tommy Paul (5) beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 6-3, 6-0
- Dominic Thiem beat João Sousa: 6-2, 6-0
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Carlos Taberner (LL): 6-3, 6-3
- Constant Lestienne beat Sebastian Baez (7): 7-6 (5), 4-4 ret.
- Thiago Monteiro beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 7-5
- Sebastian Korda vs. Jaume Munar : Tuesday at Gijon
- Pedro Cachin vs. Alexey Vatutin: Tuesday at Gijon
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