Eastbourne Open: Purcell makes second round
Max Purcell beat Laslo Djere 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the next round
Max Purcell – Zuma / Panoramic
Australian qualifier Max Purcell moved into the second round of the Eastbourne Open by winning against Serb Laslo Djere 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club.
Purcell, ranked No 94, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Sonego next.
Eastbourne ATP 250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Mariano Navone vs. Kei Nishikori
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Liam Broady vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Cameron Norrie vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- James McCabe vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Marcos Giron vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Juncheng Shang vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Aleksandar Vukic (LL) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 6-4
- Billy Harris (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (7)
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