Geneva Open: Eighth seed Draper upended in round one
Tomas Machac defeated Jack Draper 7-6 (6), 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon and will face American qualifier Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the next round
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Tomas Machac advanced to the second round of the Geneva Open by beating No 8 seed Jack Draper 7-6 (6), 6-1 at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Tuesday.
Machac, ranked No 44, will play American qualifier Nicolas Moreno De Alboran next.
Geneva ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Federico Coria vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Tallon Griekspoor (6) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Yannick Hanfmann beat Andy Murray (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran beat David Goffin (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Alex Michelsen beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-5, 6-1
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 6-3
- Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Rinky Hijikata: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Sebastian Baez (5) beat Sumit Nagal: 7-6 (7), 6-3
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