Russian tennis player Alexander Shevchenko defeated Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi in the first round of the Antwerp tournament.
Shevchenko defeated the Frenchman, who entered the main draw through qualifying, in three sets with a score of 6:7 (5:7), 7:6 (7:5), 6:3. The tennis players spent almost two and a half hours on the court.
In the next round, the Russian will face the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, seeded 8th.
ATP 250. European Open. Antwerp, Belgium). Hard. Prize fund – more than 670 thousand dollars
First round
Alexander Shevchenko (Russia) – Benjamin Bonzi (France, qualification) – 6:7 (5:7), 7:6 (7:5), 6:3
Source : MatchTV
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