Eastbourne Open: Shang battles past Etcheverry to reach second round

Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang edged out Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 7 seed, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (4) to reach the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club.

Shang, ranked No 104, will play the winner of the match between Cameron Norrie and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.

Eastbourne ATP 250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Mariano Navone vs. Kei Nishikori
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Liam Broady vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Cameron Norrie vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• James McCabe vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Marcos Giron vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Aleksandar Vukic (LL) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 6-4
• Billy Harris (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (7)