Generali Open: Sousa into second round
João Sousa won against Vit Kopriva 6-1, 7-5 on Monday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Czech Jiri Lehecka and Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in the next round
Portuguese João Sousa, the No 8 seed, beat Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Generali Open at Kitzbühel Tennis Club on Monday.
Sousa, ranked No 61, will face the winner of the match between Czech Jiri Lehecka and Brazilian Thiago Monteiro next.
Kitzbühel ATP 250, other first-round results (Kitzbühel Tennis Club, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Gerald Melzer vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dominic Thiem
- Richard Gasquet vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Pablo Andujar
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Pedro Martinez
- Federico Coria vs. Cristian Garin
- Vitaliy Sachko vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Hernan Casanova vs. Jurij Rodionov
- Daniel Dutra da Silva vs. Filip Misolic
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Juan Pablo Varillas beat Carlos Taberner: 6-4, 6-3
