Karlovic advaces at Newport; Mayer reaches round two in Stuttgart

SkiStar Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden

First-round results:

Poalo Lorenzi defeats Markus Eriksson 6-2, 6-1
Dusan Lajovic defeats Albert Montanes 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(4)

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Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, U.S.A.

First-round results:

Rajeev Ram defeats Matthew Ebden 6-2, 7-5
(2) Ivo Karlovic defeats Robby Ginepri 7-6(2), 6-2
(6) Steve Johnson defeats Clay Thompson 6-1, 6-2
Malek Jaziri defeats Ricardas Berankis 7-5, 6-3
Dudi Sela defeats Michal Przysiezny 6-1, 7-6(2)
Tatsuma Ito defeats Mitchell Krueger 7-6(7), 6-1

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MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany

First-round results:

Andrey Golubev defeats Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 6-1
Leonardo Mayer defeats Michael Berrer 206, 603, 7-6(5)