Portuguese Open: Van Assche reaches second round

Frenchman Luca Van Assche reached the second round of the Portuguese Open by beating Portuguese qualifier Pedro Sousa 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1 at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Tuesday.

Van Assche, ranked No 91, will face No 3 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina next.

Estoril ATP250, other first-round results (Clube de Ténis do Estoril, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Nuno Borges vs. Quentin Halys
• Jurij Rodionov vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. João Sousa
• Dominic Thiem vs. Sebastian Ofner: tuesday
• Ben Shelton (8) beat Constant Lestienne: 7-5, 7-5
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Henrique Rocha (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (6) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-1
• Fabio Fognini beat Alessandro Giannessi (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Marco Cecchinato beat Diego Schwartzman (7): 6-3, 7-6 (8)
• Sebastian Baez (5) beat Radu Albot: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Pedro Cachin beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-4, 6-4