Croatia Open: Couacaud defeated by 19-year-old wildcard Dodig

Croatian wildcard Matej Dodig beat French qualifier Enzo Couacaud 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Monday.

This was the 19-year-old’s first career win at the ATP Tour level.

Dodig, ranked No 310, will face No 4 seed Francisco Cerundolo in the second round for a spot in the last eight in Umag.

Umag ATP 250, other first-round matches (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Dusan Lajovic beat Filip Misolic (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Flavio Cobolli beat Mariano Navone (6): 6-2, 6-3
• Marco Trungelliti (Q) beat Guido Andreozzi (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Thiago Monteiro beat Tomas Machac (7): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-2
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Luka Mikrut (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Fabian Marozsan beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8)
• Alexandre Muller beat Matteo Arnaldi (8): 7-6 (8), 6-4
• Luciano Darderi vs. Duje Ajdukovic
• Luca Van Assche vs. Fabio Fognini
• Mili Poljicak vs. Lorenzo Sonego

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