Belgrade Open: Safiullin downs Fognini in first round
Russian Roman Safiullin registered a straight-set win over Fabio Fognini on Tuesday. He’ll play Francisco Cerundolo in the second round in Belgrade
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Russian Roman Safiullin advanced to the second round of the Belgrade Open by defeating Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-3 at the Belgrade Arena on Tuesday.
Safiullin, ranked No 60, will face No 3 seed Francisco Cerundolo next.
Belgrade ATP 250, other first-round results (Belgrade Arena, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Laslo Djere vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Christopher O’Connell beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 6-1
- Denis Shapovalov (Q) beat Marton Fucsovics (Q): 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1
- Dusan Lajovic beat Mariano Navone (9): 6-0, 7-6 (3)
- Lukas Klein (Q) beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2
- Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Branko Djuric (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (7) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-3, 6-4
- Daniel Altmaier beat Luciano Darderi (8): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Marin Cilic beat Alexandre Muller: 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Brandon Nakashima (6): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan beat Juncheng Shang: 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5
