Belgrade Open: Kovacevic reaches second round, faces Medjedovic next

American Aleksandar Kovacevic defeated Serb qualifier Branko Djuric 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Belgrade Open at the Belgrade Arena on Monday.

This was Kovacevic’s first win on the ATP Tour since reaching the third round in Washington in August. He had lost five matches in a row on the main Tour since then.

The 19-year-old Djuric was making his debut on the ATP Tour this week.

Kovacevic, ranked No 101, will face Serb wildcard Hamad Medjedovic next. The Serb leads the head-to-head between the two players by 1-0.

Belgrade ATP 250, other first-round matches (Belgrade Arena, hard, EUR 579,320):

• Daniel Altmaier beat Luciano Darderi (8): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Marin Cilic beat Alexandre Muller: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Brandon Nakashima (6): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Juncheng Shang: 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Roman Safiullin vs. Fabio Fognini
• Laslo Djere vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Mariano Navone
• James Duckworth vs. Lukas Klein
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Pavel Kotov

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