Nordea Open: Ajdukovic beats Van Assche to move into second round
Duje Ajdukovic won against Luca Van Assche 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll face Russian Pavel Kotov, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Ajdukovic, 2021
Croat qualifier Duje Ajdukovic reached the second round of the Nordea Open by beating Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-3, 6-3 at the Båstads tennisstadion.
Ajdukovic, ranked No 130, will face Russian Pavel Kotov, the No 8 seed, next.
Bastad ATP 250, other first-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Andrea Pellegrino vs. Nuno Borges
- Rafael Nadal vs. Leo Borg
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Henrique Rocha: tuesday
- Elias Ymer vs. Sumit Nagal: tuesday
- Denis Yevseyev (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 7-5, 7-5
- Taro Daniel vs. Timofey Skatov: tuesday
- Thiago Monteiro beat Federico Coria: 6-1, 6-3
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Roman Safiullin (6): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Jaime Faria (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (5) beat Jozef Kovalik: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Pavel Kotov beat Cristian Garin: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1
