Geneva Open: Qualifier Kovacevic out in opening round

Alex Michelsen edged out qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Geneva Open at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Tuesday.

Michelsen, ranked No 65, will face No 3 seed Taylor Fritz 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
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Tomas Machac vs. Jack Draper
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Andy Murray (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• 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