Eastbourne Open: Cobolli books spot in second round

Italian Flavio Cobolli advanced to the second round of the Eastbourne Open by winning against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 7-5 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Cobolli, ranked No 49, will play lucky loser Giles Hussey next.

Eastbourne ATP 250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):

• Henry Searle vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Giles Hussey beat Mariano Navone (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Liam Broady (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (9), 6-3
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat James McCabe (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Marcos Giron beat Francisco Cerundolo (5): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (7): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Aleksandar Vukic (LL) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 6-4
• Billy Harris (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (7)