Croatia Open: Marozsan breezes past Cerundolo to move into second round

Hungarian Fabian Marozsan – who made a name for himself by beating Carlos Alcaraz at the Italian Open earelir this year – won against Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag.

Marozsan, ranked No 87, will face the winner of the match between No 8 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Jaume Munar next.

Umag ATP250, other first-round results (ITC Stella Maris, hard courts, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Federico Coria
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Filip Misolic
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Jaume Munar
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Alexander Shevchenko: wednesday
• Matteo Arnaldi (7) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Zsombor Piros beat Christopher O’Connell (5): 6-3, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Marin Čilić: 6-4, 6-3
• Taro Daniel beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Dominic Thiem beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Alexei Popyrin beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 7-5
• Dino Prizmic (WC) beat Duje Ajdukovic (WC): 6-1, 6-2