Serb Dusan Lajovic defeated Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Monday evening.
Lajovic, ranked No 53, is set to face Italian Flavio Cobolli next.
Umag ATP 250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Luciano Darderi vs. Duje Ajdukovic
- Luca Van Assche vs. Fabio Fognini
- Enzo Couacaud vs. Matej Dodig
- Mili Poljicak vs. Lorenzo Sonego: monday
- Flavio Cobolli defeated Mariano Navone (6): 6-2, 6-3
- Marco Trungelliti (Q) defeated Guido Andreozzi (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Thiago Monteiro defeated Tomas Machac (7): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Jakub Mensik defeated Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-2
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli defeated Luka Mikrut (WC): 6-2, 7-5
- Fabian Marozsan defeated Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8)
- Alexandre Muller defeated Matteo Arnaldi (8): 7-6 (8), 6-4
