Munich Open: Shevchenko books spot in second round
Alexander Shevchenko edged out Flavio Cobolli 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 5 seed, in the next round
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Kazakh lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko advanced to the second round of the Munich Open by edging out Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 at the MTTC Iphitos complex on Tuesday afternoon.
Shevchenko, ranked No 104, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 5 seed, next.
Munich ATP 500, other first-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 2.500.000, most recent results first):
- Mariano Navone vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Zizou Bergs vs. Alexander Bublik
- Deigo Dedura-Palomero (LL) beat Denis Shapovalov (8): 7-6 (2), 3-0 ret.
- Ugo Humbert vs. Nicolas Jarry: tuesday
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-0, 6-2
- Fabian Marozsan beat Justin Engel (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Botic van de Zandschulp (LL) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Luciano Darderi beat Christopher O’Connell (LL): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Yannick Hanfmann (WC) beat Jakub Mensik (6): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier (WC) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 6-1
- Ben Shelton (2) beat Borna Gojo (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3)
- David Goffin beat Billy Harris (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (9)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Learner Tien (Q): 6-4, 6-2
