Brisbane Open: Lajovic beats Cazaux in first round
Dusan Lajovic beat Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday and will face Jakub Mensik in the next round
Dusan Lajovic (AI / Reuters / Panoramic)
Serb lucky loser Dusan Lajovic reached the second round of the Brisbane Open by defeating Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 6-4 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Lajovic, ranked No 81, will play Jakub Mensik next.
Brisbane ATP 250, other first-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):
- Novak Djokovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Gael Monfils
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Jakub Mensik beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (4) beat Adam Walton (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexei Popyrin (7): 6-3, 6-2
- Reilly Opelka beat Federico Agustin Gomez (Q): 7-5, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka beat Holger Rune (3): 7-5, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (2) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Nicolas Jarry beat Mariano Navone: 7-5, 7-6 (7)
- Jordan Thompson (8) beat Matteo Berrettini: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
- Benjamin Bonzi (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (6): 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic (WC) beat David Goffin: 6-2, 6-3
