Croatia Open: Cecchinato recovers to beat Shevchenko and book spot in second round
Marco Cecchinato beat Alexander Shevchenko 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 and will face second seed Lorenzo Sonego in the next round
Mauro Cecchinato competes in Estoril 2023 Zuma/Panoramic
Italian Marco Cecchinato beat Russian Alexander Shevchenko 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag.
Cecchinato, ranked No 96, will play second seed Lorenzo Sonego next.
Umag ATP250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Federico Coria
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Filip Misolic
- Fabian Marozsan beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-3, 6-2
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Jaume Munar
- Matteo Arnaldi (7) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Zsombor Piros beat Christopher O’Connell (5): 6-3, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli beat Marin Čilić: 6-4, 6-3
- Taro Daniel beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Dominic Thiem beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Alexei Popyrin beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 7-5
- Dino Prizmic (WC) beat Duje Ajdukovic (WC): 6-1, 6-2
