Ilya Ivashka surged to a comprehensive 6-4, 6-1 victory against Emil Ruusuvuori on Monday to book a second-round meeting with second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Mallorca Championships.

Ivashka’s first-round victory at the ATP 250 event in Spain came on a day when he rose to a career-high No. 40 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. The 28-year-old celebrated with a clinical performance against Ruusuvuori, breaking the Finn’s serve four times in an 88-minute victory to extend his lead in the pair’s ATP Head2Head series to 5-0.

Tsitsipas and Ivashka’s two previous tour-level meetings have both come in 2022. The Greek claimed a straight-sets win on hard in Rotterdam in February and backed that up with a three-set triumph on the clay in Barcelona in April.

Third seed Denis Shapovalov’s opening opponent in Mallorca was also set on Monday. Benjamin Bonzi advanced to the second round after Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo retired with the Frenchman leading 6-3, 4-2.

It will be a maiden tour-level meeting for Shapovalov and Bonzi at a tournament where both are appearing for the first time.

Alex de Minaur started his title defence at the Rothesay International with victory Monday, downing Chilean Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round in Eastbourne.

The Australian dropped just one set en route to the crown at the ATP 250 event last season and once again looked at home on the grass on the English south coast. The sixth seed broke Garin four times to advance after 83 minutes, improving to 3-0 in their ATP Head2Head series.

The 23-year-old, who holds a 14-11 record on grass, could next play Lorenzo Sonego in a rematch of last season’s final. The Italian will meet Australian qualifier James Duckworth on Tuesday.

Maxime Cressy overcame Reilly Opelka 6-3, 6-1 in an-all American battle to advance to the second round on his debut in Eastbourne.

The 25-year-old won 92 per cent (24/26) of points behind his first delivery as he served and volleyed the fifth seed off the court to move through in 60 minutes.

Cressy, who reached the quarter-finals on grass in Newport last season, will face Briton Daniel Evans or Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the second round.

No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz, +2
The Pole rises two spots to return to the Top 10 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time since March after claiming his maiden grass-court crown at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle. The 25-year-old’s run to his first ATP 500 title included close victories against Felix Auger-Aliassime and Nick Kyrgios before a dominant championship match win against World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev. Read Halle Final Report & Watch Highlights.

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No. 26 Botic van de Zandschulp, +3 (Career High)
The 26-year-old only broke the Top 100 for the first time last September, but van de Zandschulp’s rise up the rankings continues after reaching the semi-finals at the Cinch Championships in London. The Dutchman jumps three places to No. 26 after defeating Paul Jubb, Grigor Dimitrov and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at The Queen’s Club.

No. 31 Filip Krajinovic, +17
Krajinovic had not won a tour-level match on grass prior to arriving at The Queen’s Club last week. However, the Serbian took out former champions Sam Querrey and Marin Cilic en route to his first final of 2022 in London. The 30-year-old surges 17 places to No. 31, his highest position since February 2021. Read London Final Report & Watch Highlights.

No. 37 Oscar Otte, +14 (Career High)
A dream week in Halle propels the 28-year-old to a career-high No. 37, just six months after he broke the Top 100 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time. Otte’s high-intensity brand of tennis delighted his home support in Germany and took him past Miomir Kecmanovic, Nikoloz Basilashvili and Karen Khachanov, before World No. 1 Medvedev proved too strong in the semi-finals at the ATP 500 event.

No. 45 Nick Kyrgios, +20
A semi-finalist in Stuttgart nine days ago, the Australian returns to the Top 50 for the first time since March 2021 after his second consecutive final-four appearance on the grass in Germany. Kyrgios came through a high-quality second-round battle with second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in Halle, and he also saw off Pablo Carreno Busta before falling to eventual champion Hurkacz in the final four.

Other Notable Top 100 Movers
No. 38 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, +6
No. 42 Francisco Cerundolo, +4 (Career High)
No. 48 Emil Ruusuvuori, +8 (Career High)
No. 53 Tallon Griekspoor, +8 (Career High)
No. 63 Dusan Lajovic, +6
No. 78 Denis Kudla, +4
No. 83 Alexei Popyrin, +9
No. 93 , Chun-hsin Tseng +4 (Career High)
No. 99 Sam Querrey, +22

Alex Molcan saved all six break points he faced to defeat seventh seed Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5, 6-4 on Sunday at the Mallorca Championships, ensuring Day 1 of the ATP 250 event started with an upset in the Balearic Islands.

Slovakia’s Molcan broke in the final game of each set to secure his first tour-level win on grass in his second event on the surface. The 24-year-old fired 41 winners in the one-hour, 26-minute victory.

The World No. 45 reached the third round of qualifying at Wimbledon in 2021 and is set to make his main-draw debut on the London lawns next week. Since last year’s Wimbledon, he has made winning debuts at each of the other three Grand Slams, including a third-round run at the 2021 US Open.

Molcan awaits Tallon Griekspoor of The Netherlands or Spanish wild card Feliciano Lopez in the second round. He is seeking his first ATP Tour title after reaching three finals in the past 13 months, including this year in Marrakech and Lyon.

Three main-draw matches were completed on Sunday — also the final day of qualifying — with Aslan Karatsev and Mackenzie McDonald also advancing to the second round.

Both Karatsev and McDonald battled back to win after dropping the opening set of their respective matchups. Karatsev closed the day’s play with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 result against home favourite Jaume Munar. After earning an early break to lead 2-1 in the final set, the 28-year-old fought off two break points in each of his next two service games before sealing the match with his fourth break of the contest.

McDonald was a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 winner against Joao Sousa. The American escaped a 0/40 hole in the opening game of the second set and did not face another break point the rest of the way.

The Croatian duo of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic won its third ATP Tour title of the 2022 season on Sunday with a comeback victory in the Cinch Championships final. The second seeds won their third Match Tie-break in as many matches to secure a 3-6, 7-6(3), 10-6 victory against Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara at The Queen’s Club in London.

“I was a little kid watching this tournament so many times,” Mektic said during the trophy ceremony. “This is my first ever match on this court and it really is like a dream to hold this trophy now.”

Pavic shared similar sentiments after claiming his 12th tour-level title with his countryman. “I haven’t played on this court since 2018, and it’s always a special feeling to be here, to play on this court,” he said. “It’s an amazing feeling and we’re happy to win the title.”

The reigning Wimbledon champions never trailed in the second-set tie-break or the Match Tie-break as they answered back following a lightning start from their opponents. 

With Great Britain’s Glasspool and Finland’s Heliovaara buoyed by the support of the London crowd, the unseeded duo raced through the opening three games of the match with the loss of just one point. But their early break came on their lone break point of the contest as Mektic and Pavic began to find their range.

The Croatians created four break chances in the second set, but made their breakthrough in the tie-break behind a pair of early mini-breaks. Big serving and fast reflexes helped them maintain that advantage and send the match to a decider.

Champs at Queen’s 👑

2021 Wimbledon champions @NMektic & Pavic defeat Glasspool/ Heliovaara 3-6 7-6 10-6 to claim the Queen’s title!#cinchChampionships pic.twitter.com/67IJqajbFv

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 19, 2022

The Match Tie-break was a back-and-forth affair, with Mektic/Pavic again scoring a pair of early mini-breaks only for Glasspool/Heliovaara to get back on serve at 5-6. The Croatians brought up match point with more strong work on serve and at net, and won a lengthy rally to seal the title. They closed by winning four of the match’s final five points, including the last three.

Mektic and Pavic completed their first season together in 2021 as the No. 1 team in the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Team Rankings, winning nine titles including the Tokyo Olympics and three ATP Masters 1000s. With Sunday’s victory, they improved to 90-24 as a team, including 12-5 in finals and 15-1 on grass.