Eastbourne Open: Kecmanovic edges past Wu in two tiebreak sets to make second round

Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 8 seed, defeated Chinese Yibing Wu 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to reach the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club.

Kecmanovic, ranked No 41, will face the winner of the match between American Brandon Nakashima and Australian qualifier Aleksandar Vukic next.

Eastbourne ATP250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Maxime Cressy
• Mikael Ymer vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Liam Broady vs. Jan Choinski
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Ryan Peniston vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Aleksandar Vukic: monday
• Luca Van Assche vs. George Loffhagen: monday
• Sebastian Baez beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-4
• J.J. Wolf beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 6-2, 6-4
• Gregoire Barrere beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)