Croatia Open: Fognini eases past Van Assche to book spot in second round

Italian Fabio Fognini reached the second round of the Croatia Open by beating Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-4, 6-3 at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag.

Fognini, ranked No 70, will play lucky loser Chun-Hsin Tseng next.

Umag ATP 250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Luciano Darderi vs. Duje Ajdukovic
• Matej Dodig (WC) beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Mili Poljicak (WC): 6-2, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (9)
• Dusan Lajovic beat Filip Misolic (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Flavio Cobolli beat Mariano Navone (6): 6-2, 6-3
• Marco Trungelliti (Q) beat Guido Andreozzi (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Thiago Monteiro beat Tomas Machac (7): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-2
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Luka Mikrut (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Fabian Marozsan beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8)
• Alexandre Muller beat Matteo Arnaldi (8): 7-6 (8), 6-4