Bucharest Open: Bautista Agut battles into second round

Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 5 seed, edged out Chinese Yunchaokete Bu 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Bucharest Open at the Năstase & Marica Sports Club. on Tuesday afternoon.

Bautista Agut, ranked No 52, will play Argentinian Francisco Comesana next.

Bucharest ATP 250, other first-round results (Năstase & Marica Sports Club., clay, EUR 596.035, most recent results first):

1. Stan Wawrinka vs. Timofey Skatov
2. Gabriel Diallo vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng: tuesday
3. Francisco Comesana beat Martin Klizan (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
4. Camilo Ugo Carabelli (8) beat Radu Albot (LL): 6-4, 6-3
5. Marton Fucsovics beat Luca Nardi: 6-3, 6-1
6. Filip Misolic (Q) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-4
7. Damir Dzumhur beat Valentin Vacherot (Q): 6-2, 6-1
8. Christopher O’Connell beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 6-3
9. Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
10. Filip Cristian Jianu (WC) beat Nishesh Basavareddy: 6-3, 6-4
11. Mariano Navone (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 4-6, 6-2