Eastbourne Open: Cressy reaches second round

American Maxime Cressy won against Colombian qualifier Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Cressy, ranked No 55, will play the winner of the match between Chinese Zhizhen Zhang and Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 7 seed, next.

Eastbourne ATP250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Lorenzo Sonego: tuesday
• Mikael Ymer beat Botic van de Zandschulp (9): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Liam Broady (WC) beat Jan Choinski (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-3, 6-3
• Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q) beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
• Luca Van Assche (Q) beat George Loffhagen (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Miomir Kecmanovic (8) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Baez beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-4
• J.J. Wolf beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 6-2, 6-4
• Gregoire Barrere beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)