Croatia Open: Wawrinka advances to second round
Stan Wawrinka won against Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-4, 6-1 on Monday evening

Swiss Stan Wawrinka won against Ecuadorian qualifier Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-4, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Monday evening.
It’s Wawrinka’s first Tour-level win since April in Bucharest, though he had won seven Challenger matches in the meantime.
He will play Damir Dzumhur next.
Umag ATP 250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 596.035, most recent results first):
- Dino Prizmic vs. Elmer Moller
- Jesper De Jong vs. Mili Poljicak
- Mariano Navone (5) beat Tomas Barrios Vera: 6-1, 6-2
- Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Roberto Carballes Baena (6): 6-3, 6-4
- Titouan Droguet (Q) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-3
- Terence Atmane beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-4
- Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q) beat Kamil Majchrzak (7): 6-2, 6-4
- Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 7-5, 6-4
- Carlos Taberner beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
- Francesco Passaro beat Matej Dodig (WC): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Vit Kopriva (8) beat Raphael Collignon: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3