Eastbourne Open: Zhang beats seventh seed Sonego, moves into second round
Zhizhen Zhang defeated Lorenzo Sonego 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Tuesday evening. He’ll play American Maxime Cressy in the next round
Zhizhen Zhang in Stuttgart (Imago/Panoramic)
Chinese Zhizhen Zhang beat Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to move into the second round of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.
Zhang, ranked No 54, will face American Maxime Cressy next.
Eastbourne ATP250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):
- Maxime Cressy beat Daniel Elahi Galan (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- 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
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-3, 6-3
- 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)
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