Eastbourne Open: Giron edges past Cerundolo to make second round

American Marcos Giron moved into the second round of the Eastbourne Open by winning against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club.

Giron, ranked No 46, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Liam Broady and Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka next.

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

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Mariano Navone vs. Kei Nishikori
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Liam Broady vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Cameron Norrie vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• James McCabe vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (7): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Aleksandar Vukic (LL) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 6-4
• Billy Harris (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (7)