SARDEGNA: Marco Cecchinato beat Gianluca Mager 5-7, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 in the first round of the Forte Village Sardegna Open.

In another all-Italian match-up, fifth-seeded Lorenzo Sonego beat local wild card Giulio Zeppieri 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).

Sixth seed Pablo Andujar beat Slova­kian qualifier Jozef Kovalik 7-5, 7-5; Federicio Delbonis beat Andreas Seppi 7-5, 7-6 (8-6); and Laslo Djere defeated India’s Sumit Nagal 6-3, 6-1.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2020