Nordea Open: Ajdukovic beats Van Assche to move into second round

Croat qualifier Duje Ajdukovic reached the second round of the Nordea Open by beating Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-3, 6-3 at the Båstads tennisstadion.

Ajdukovic, ranked No 130, will face Russian Pavel Kotov, the No 8 seed, next.

Bastad ATP 250, other first-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Andrea Pellegrino vs. Nuno Borges
• Rafael Nadal vs. Leo Borg
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Henrique Rocha: tuesday
• Elias Ymer vs. Sumit Nagal: tuesday
• Denis Yevseyev (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 7-5, 7-5
• Taro Daniel vs. Timofey Skatov: tuesday
• Thiago Monteiro beat Federico Coria: 6-1, 6-3
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Roman Safiullin (6): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Jaime Faria (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Cameron Norrie (5) beat Jozef Kovalik: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Pavel Kotov beat Cristian Garin: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1