Geneva Open: Qualifier Kovacevic out in opening round
Alex Michelsen edged out Aleksandar Kovacevic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play No 3 seed Taylor Fritz in the next round
Aleksandar Kovacevic at the 2024 Dallas Open
Alex Michelsen edged out qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Geneva Open at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Tuesday.
Michelsen, ranked No 65, will face No 3 seed Taylor Fritz next.
Geneva ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Federico Coria vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Tomas Machac vs. Jack Draper
- Yannick Hanfmann beat Andy Murray (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Flavio Cobolli beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-5, 6-1
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 6-3
- Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Rinky Hijikata: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Sebastian Baez (5) beat Sumit Nagal: 7-6 (7), 6-3
