Brisbane Open: Lehecka upsets Rune to reach second round
Jiri Lehecka won against Holger Rune 7-5, 6-3 on Monday night. He’ll play Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka in the next round
Jiri Lehecka, Madrid 2024
Jiri Lehecka advanced to the second round of the Brisbane Open by winning against Dane Holger Rune, the No 3 seed, 7-5, 6-3 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Monday night.
Lehecka, ranked No 28, will play Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka 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
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Sebastian Korda
- Jakub Mensik vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Adam Walton
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Federico Agustin Gomez vs. Reilly Opelka
- 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 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
