Croatia Open: Wawrinka advances to second round

Swiss Stan Wawrinka won against Ecuadorian qualifier Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-4, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Monday evening.

It’s Wawrinka’s first Tour-level win since April in Bucharest, though he had won seven Challenger matches in the meantime.

He will play Damir Dzumhur next.

Umag ATP 250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 596.035, most recent results first):

• Dino Prizmic vs. Elmer Moller
• Jesper De Jong vs. Mili Poljicak
• Mariano Navone (5) beat Tomas Barrios Vera: 6-1, 6-2
• Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Roberto Carballes Baena (6): 6-3, 6-4
• Titouan Droguet (Q) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-3
• Terence Atmane beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-4
• Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q) beat Kamil Majchrzak (7): 6-2, 6-4
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Carlos Taberner beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Francesco Passaro beat Matej Dodig (WC): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Vit Kopriva (8) beat Raphael Collignon: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3