Nordea Open: Zverev edges past Molcan to book spot in second round

German Alexander Zverev, the No 5 seed, reached the second round of the Nordea Open by edging out Slovak Alex Molcan 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad.

Zverev, ranked No 19, will face Brazilian Thiago Monteiro next.

Bastad ATP250, other first-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Alexander Shevchenko: tuesday
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Hugo Dellien (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-1, 6-2
• Federico Coria beat Sebastian Baez (8): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
• Leo Borg (WC) beat Elias Ymer (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jozef Kovalik (Q) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7): 6-3, 6-4
• Filip Misolic (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
• Thiago Monteiro beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Luca Van Assche beat Dragos Nicolae Madaras (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-4