Eastbourne Open: McDonald advances to second round to face top seed Fritz

American Mackenzie McDonald defeated Italian Marco Cecchinato 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday.

McDonald, ranked No 64, will play top seed Taylor Fritz next.

Fritz, also known as “The Hotshot”, will take part in UTS this summer.

Eastbourne ATP250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Maxime Cressy: tuesday
• Mikael Ymer beat Botic van de Zandschulp (9): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Liam Broady (WC) beat Jan Choinski (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q) beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
• Luca Van Assche (Q) beat George Loffhagen (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Miomir Kecmanovic (8) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Baez beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-4
• J.J. Wolf beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 6-2, 6-4
• Gregoire Barrere beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)