ORTISEI, November 9, 2015

The first three main draw matches took place on Monday at the € 64,000 Sparkassen ATP Challenger in Ortisei.

Fourth seed Dustin Brown headlined the action, taking on an in-form Bosnian Aldin Setkic, who captured the ITF Future title in Ismaning two weeks ago. The 30-year-old German, who reached the stage of the final four last year, fired 17 aces and won 82% of his first service points but it wasn’t enough in the end. Setkic rallied back from 0-2 down in the final set, clinching a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 victory in one hour and 52 mintues.

Aldin Setkic (photo: Marco Wanker)

Another Bosnian was also successful in the opening round. Seventh seed Mirza Basic defeated Yannick Jankovits, saving two match points to gain a 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 win. The 24-year-old lost his service eight times but also capitalized on eight of his own break point chances to prevail in one hour and 57 minutes.

Mirza Basic (photo: Marco Wanker)

Italian wild card Matteo Berrettini was without any chance against Laslo Djere. The world number 182 from Serbia beat the only 19-year-old local, winning 6-4, 6-3 in 69 minutes.