Jürgen Zopp

Lajovic through to second round in Bucharest

BUCHAREST - Serbia's tennis player Dusan Lajovic has reached the second round of the ATP tournament in Bucharest, after defeating Jurgen Zopp of Estonia 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday.

Lajovic outplayed the world's No. 157 for about an hour. In his bid for the quarterfinals, he will take on fourth seed Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, who skipped the first round.

Lajovic beats Juergen Zopp

PARIS - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic beat Estonia's Juergen Zopp 6-2 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round of Roland Garros on Thursday.

The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes, with Lajovic living up to his role as the favourite in the match, since the Estonian is ranked far lower than him. Zopp got through to the 2nd round after Tommy Haas of Germany retired due to a shoulder injury.