Eastbourne Open: Purcell makes second round

Australian qualifier Max Purcell moved into the second round of the Eastbourne Open by winning against Serb Laslo Djere 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club.

Purcell, ranked No 94, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Sonego next.

Eastbourne ATP 250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):

• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Mariano Navone vs. Kei Nishikori
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Liam Broady vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Cameron Norrie vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• James McCabe vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Marcos Giron vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Juncheng Shang vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Aleksandar Vukic (LL) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 6-4
• Billy Harris (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (7)