Eastbourne Open: Vukic beats Nakashima with three tiebreaks to advance to second round
Aleksandar Vukic edged out Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) and will face Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Australian qualifier Aleksandar Vukic edged out American Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club.
Vukic, ranked No 91, will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 8 seed, 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
- Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q) beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Luca Van Assche (Q) beat George Loffhagen (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
- 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)
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