Portuguese Open: Van Assche reaches second round
Luca Van Assche won against Pedro Sousa 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday and will play No 3 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the next round
Luca Van Assche (Fra) (JB Autissier/Panoramic)
Frenchman Luca Van Assche reached the second round of the Portuguese Open by beating Portuguese qualifier Pedro Sousa 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1 at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Tuesday.
Van Assche, ranked No 91, will face No 3 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina next.
Estoril ATP250, other first-round results (Clube de Ténis do Estoril, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Nuno Borges vs. Quentin Halys
- Jurij Rodionov vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. João Sousa
- Dominic Thiem vs. Sebastian Ofner: tuesday
- Ben Shelton (8) beat Constant Lestienne: 7-5, 7-5
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Henrique Rocha (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (6) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-1
- Fabio Fognini beat Alessandro Giannessi (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Marco Cecchinato beat Diego Schwartzman (7): 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Sebastian Baez (5) beat Radu Albot: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Pedro Cachin beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-4, 6-4
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