Croatia Open: Molcan makes second round

Slovak Alex Molcan, the No 5 seed, defeated Croat wildcard Duje Ajdukovic 6-2, 7-6 (2) to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Tuesday evening.

Molcan, ranked No 38, will play Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena next.

Umag ATP 250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Aljaz Bedene: tuesday
• Franco Agamenone vs. Laslo Djere: tuesday
• Norbert Gombos vs. Federico Delbonis: tuesday
• Corentin Moutet (Q) beat Daniel Altmaier (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Dino Prizmic (WC): 6-4, 3-0 ret.
• Facundo Bagnis beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-5, 6-3
• Marco Cecchinato (Q) beat Mili Poljicak (WC): 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Mikael Ymer: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Fabio Fognini (7): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-4, 7-5
• Giulio Zeppieri (Q) beat Pedro Cachin: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

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