Portuguese Open: local hero Sousa moves into second round against Ruud
João Sousa won against Giulio Zeppieri 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 on Tuesday evening and will play top seed Casper Ruud in the next round
Joao Sousa | © Panoramic
Portuguese wildcard João Sousa beat Italian Giulio Zeppieri 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Portuguese Open at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Tuesday evening.
Sousa, ranked No 147, will face top seed Casper Ruud 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: tuesday
- Dominic Thiem beat Sebastian Ofner (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Luca Van Assche beat Pedro Sousa (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1
- 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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