STOCKHOLM (Sweden): Janko Tipsarevic announced on Monday that Stockholm Open will be his final ATP Tour event before he retires in November after the Davis Cup Finals.
The Serbian, who beat Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-2, 6-4, will thus end his 17-year ATP Tour career.
Tipsarevic wraps up in 73-minute
He wrapped up the evening session and broke the Frenchman four times and dominated most of the baseline rallies in their 73-minute clash.
The Serbian has won four ATP Tour titles in his career, reached two US Open quarter-finals (2011-2012) and peaked at No. 8 in the ATP Rankings in 2012.
Next up for Tipsarevic is top-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini.
In other matchs, eighth-seeded Brit Daniel Evans won a hard-fought 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 battle with Aussie Bernard Tomic.
He awaits the winner of Norwegian Casper Ruud and Serbian Filip Krajinovic.
Italian Stefano Travaglia scored the upset of the day with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victory over sixth-seeded American Reilly Opelka.
Travaglia will play Japanese Yuichi Sugita or Swede Elias Ymer for a place in the quarterfinals.
