Barcelona Open: Kovalik books spot in second round, plays Shapovalov next

Slovak qualifier Jozef Kovalik moved into the second round of the Barcelona Open by edging out Spaniard Pedro Martinez 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Monday afternoon.

Kovalik, ranked No 155, will face No 14 seed Denis Shapovalov next.

Barcelona ATP500, other first-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):

• Daniel Rincon vs. Jason Kubler
• Pedro Cachin vs. Gijs Brouwer
• David Goffin vs. Feliciano López
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Emilio Gomez
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jaume Munar
• Lorenzo Giustino vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Yibing Wu
• Francesco Passaro vs. Fernando Verdasco
• Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Oleksii Krutykh (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1
• Nicolas Jarry beat Marco Trungelliti (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Pablo Andujar (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Nuno Borges beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 6-3
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Alexander Bublik: 6-0, 6-3
• Ben Shelton beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-5, 6-4
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Attila Balazs: 6-2, 6-2