Stockholm Open: Qualifier Kotov fights back to edge out Eubanks and make second round
Pavel Kotov edged out Christopher Eubanks 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5) and will face Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the next round
Pavel Kotov (Imago/Panoramic)
Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov moved into the second round of the Stockholm Open by edging out American Christopher Eubanks, the No 7 seed, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5) at the Kungliga Tennishallen.
Kotov, ranked No 109, will play Italian Lorenzo Sonego next.
Stockholm ATP250, other first-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Roman Safiullin
- Gael Monfils vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Borna Gojo vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Laslo Djere vs. Leo Borg
- Daniel Evans vs. Filip Misolic
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- J.J. Wolf beat Sebastian Baez (5): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Elias Ymer (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Karl Friberg (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Dino Prizmic (Q) beat Jiri Lehecka (6): 6-3, 7-5
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Dusan Lajovic: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
