De Schepper upsets Paire at Croatia Open

Jul 18, 2017 - 8:32 PM Qualifier Kenny De Schepper upset another Frenchman, seventh-seeded Benoit Paire, to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open with a 6-2 4-6 6-3 win.

Paire, who made the round of 16 at Wimbledon, struggled with his serve, producing a total of 11 double faults and was broken eight times by his 148th-ranked opponent.

Eighth-seeded Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic made the second round after a 6-4 6-0 victory over Norbert Gombos of Slovakia.

Australia's Marc Polmans fell to Italy's Alessandro Giannessi 6-7 (7-3) 6-3 6-4.

In other first-round matches, last year's finalist Andrej Martin of Slovakia beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-3 6-2 and Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva eased past Marco Trungelliti of Argentina 6-1 6-2.

Romania's Radu Albot and Attila Balazs of Hungary also advanced.

Source: AAP