David Goffin defeats Marcel Granollers in 2nd round of Barcelona Open

Tue., April 24, 2018

In this Nov. 26, 2017 file photo, Belgium’s David Goffin volleys the ball to France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their Davis Cup final single match at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Lille, northern France. (Christophe Ena / Associated Press)

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Barcelona Open

ATP WORLD TOUR

Tuesday’s Results

At Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899, Barcelona, Spain

Surface: Clay-Outdoor; Purse: $3.08 million (WT500)

Singles – First Round

Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 6-2, 6-4.

Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4.

Gilles Simon, France, def. Ilya Ivashka, Belarus, 6-2, 6-3.

Guido Pella, Argentina, def. Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.

Bjorn Fratangelo, United States, def. Alexey Vatutin, Russia, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.

Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

Second Round

David Goffin (4), Belgium, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2.

Feliciano Lopez (12), Spain, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Ernesto Escobedo, United States, 6-4, 6-3.

Roberto Bautista Agut (8), Spain, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4.

Adrian Mannarino (11), France, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Doubles – First Round

Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Melo, Brazil, def. Karen Khachanov, Russia, and Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-3, 6-0.

Nicolas Jarry, Chile, and Guido Pella, Argentina, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and Bruno Soares, Brazil, 7-5, 7-5.

Rohan Bopanna, India, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and John Peers (2), Australia, 7-6 (7), 6-3.

BARCELONA, Spain – David Goffin saved a match point to defeat Marcel Granollers of Spain 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 Tuesday in the second round of the Barcelona Open.

Goffin was down 5-1 in the second set before recovering to reach the third round for the second consecutive year in Barcelona.

The fourth-seeded Belgian will play either Leonardo Mayer of Argentina or Karen Khachanov of Russia.

Ecuador Open champion Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain defeated Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria 6-2, 6-4 to set up a second-round encounter with 10-time champion Rafael Nadal.

Sixth-seeded Novak Djokovic will play his second-round match against Slovak Martin Klizan, who defeated Argentine Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4.

Tour veteran Feliciano Lopez of Spain defeated Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in a second-round match, while Malek Jaziri of Tunisia beat American Ernesto Escobedo 6-4, 6-3.

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