Tennis
Qualifier Skatov stuns Daniel to move into second round
Kazakh qualifier Timofey Skatov reached the second round of the Nordea Open by edging out Japanese Taro Daniel 6-7 (7), 6-2, 7-6 (4) at the Båstads tennisstadion.
Skatov, ranked No 223, will face No 3 seed Tallon Griekspoor next.
Bastad ATP 250, other first-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Rafael Nadal vs. Leo Borg
- Andrea Pellegrino vs. Nuno Borges
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Henrique Rocha: tuesday
- Elias Ymer vs. Sumit Nagal: tuesday
- Duje Ajdukovic (Q) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 6-3
- Denis Yevseyev (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 7-5, 7-5
- Thiago Monteiro beat Federico Coria: 6-1, 6-3
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Roman Safiullin (6): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Jaime Faria (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (5) beat Jozef Kovalik: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Pavel Kotov (8) beat Cristian Garin: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1
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