Adelaide Open: Lajovic moves into second round
Dusan Lajovic edged out Thanasi Kokkinakis 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Monday. He’ll play the winner of the match between No 7 seed Jiri Lehecka and Australian qualifier Adam Walton in the next round
Dusan Lajovic at the 2022 Davis Cup
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Serb Dusan Lajovic reached the second round of the Adelaide Open by edging out Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Monday.
Lajovic, ranked No 52, will play the winner of the match between No 7 seed Jiri Lehecka and Australian qualifier Adam Walton next.
Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 661.585):
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5
- Jack Draper beat Sebastian Baez (5): 6-1, 6-3
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Daniel Evans
- James McCabe vs. Alexander Bublik
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Adam Walton
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Jordan Thompson vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Alex Bolt vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
