Croatia Open: Galan upsets Fognini and books spot in second round
Daniel Elahi Galan beat Fabio Fognini 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 on Monday evening. He’ll play Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri in the next round
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Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan advanced to the second round of the Croatia Open by defeating Italian Fabio Fognini, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Monday evening.
Galan, ranked No 99, will play Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri next.
Umag ATP 250, other first-round matches (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Aljaz Bedene
- Franco Agamenone vs. Laslo Djere
- Alex Molcan vs. Duje Ajdukovic
- Corentin Moutet vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Jiri Vesely vs. Federico Delbonis
- Dino Prizmic vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Facundo Bagnis
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Mili Poljicak
- Jaume Munar vs. Mikael Ymer: monday
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-4, 7-5
- Giulio Zeppieri beat Pedro Cachin: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
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