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Albert Ramos-Vinolas eked out in a win in the
first round of his hometown event, beating Denmark's Holger Rune
6-7 (2), 6-1, 7-6 (2) at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on
Tuesday.
Ramos-Vinolas needed more than three hours to get past his
opponent, who is ranked 323rd in the world.
Four of the five seeded players in action Tuesday earned
second-round wins, with fifth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of
Spain, seventh-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada, eighth-seeded
David Goffin of Belgium and 11th-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy
prevailing in straight sets.
Great Britain's Cameron Norrie upset 12th-seeded Karen Khachanov
of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the third round.
Serbia Open
Eighth-seeded Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia pulled out a 7-6 (5),
7-6 (4) win over Argentine qualifier Facundo Bagnis in
first-round action at Belgrade, Serbia.
After a first set that featured no service breaks, the second
set had six service breaks, including Kecmanovic dropping his
serve while trying to seal the match at 5-4. Kecmanovic
subsequently won the first four points of the tiebreaker to take
command.
Italian qualifier Gianluca Mager knocked out ninth-seeded
Serbian Laslo Djere 6-4, 6-3 in the day's only other match
featuring a seeded player. Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene edged the
United States' Sebastian Korda 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (5).
--Field Level Media
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