Kecmanovic through to Paris Masters second round

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic is through to the Paris Masters second round after a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2) victory over American Aleksandar Kovacevic on Monday.

Kecmanovic, who is 53rd in the ATP rankings, defeated world number 64 Kovacevic after two hours and 23 minutes of play.

Kecmanovic will next face Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, who breezed past Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina earlier in the day.