Croatia Open: Wawrinka brushes aside Misolic challenge to make second round

Stan Wawrinka was in impressive form as he defeated Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag.

It is the Swiss’ second tournament since being knocked out of Wimbledon by Novak Djokovic earlier this month.

Wawrinka, ranked No 72, will face the winner of the match between Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler and Argentinian Federico Coria next.

Umag ATP250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Federico Coria: wednesday
• Fabian Marozsan beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-3, 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (8): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Marco Cecchinato beat Alexander Shevchenko: 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi (7) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Zsombor Piros beat Christopher O’Connell (5): 6-3, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Marin Čilić: 6-4, 6-3
• Taro Daniel beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Dominic Thiem beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Alexei Popyrin beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 7-5
• Dino Prizmic (WC) beat Duje Ajdukovic (WC): 6-1, 6-2