Vienna Open: Mensik upsets 8th seed Popyrin in first round

Qualifier Jakub Mensik advanced to the second round of the Vienna Open by winning against Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 8 seed, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Monday.

Mensik, ranked No 51, will face the winner of the match between Serb Miomir Kecmanovic and Argentinian Mariano Navone next.

Vienna ATP 500, other first-round matches (Wiener Stadthalle, hard, EUR 2,470,310):

• Alexander Zverev (1) beat Joel Josef Schwaerzler (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Marton Fucsovics (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Tommy Paul
• Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Tomas Machac vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Kei Nishikori vs. Jack Draper
• Dominic Thiem vs. Luciano Darderi
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Cameron Norrie
• Quentin Halys vs. Gael Monfils
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alex De Minaur
• Alex Michelsen vs. Marcos Giron
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Mariano Navone

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