Eastbourne Open: Vukic beats Nakashima with three tiebreaks to advance to second round

Australian qualifier Aleksandar Vukic edged out American Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club.

Vukic, ranked No 91, will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 8 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
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Maxime Cressy
• Mikael Ymer vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Liam Broady vs. Jan Choinski
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q) beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Luca Van Assche (Q) beat George Loffhagen (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Miomir Kecmanovic 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)