UMAG, Croatia — Fifth-seeded Fabio Fognini beat Jiry Vesely 6-4, 6-4 Monday to reach the second round of the Croatia Open. Fognini, a finalist in 2013, broke at the start of both sets and played very aggressively on his Czech opponent's second serve — winning 67 percent, or 18 out of 27 points. The Italian improved his record at the event to 14-7, despite heavy conditions on a very hot and humid day. Aljaz Bedne of Britain also advanced after defeating Mate Delic of Croatia 6-4, 6-3. Delic delivered only 39 percent of his first serves in the opening set and his problems with serve continued in the second as Bedene broke for a 3-1 lead before sealing victory. Rybarikova upsets Svitolina Second-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was beaten 6-1, 6-3 by Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia in the first round of the Istanbul Cup Monday. Rybarikova took advantage of a far more effective service game, winning 70 percent of her first serves, compared to 41 percent for Svitolina. Svitolina was not the only seeded player to make an early exit. Sixth-seeded Daria Gavrilova was also beaten, as was No. 7 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine beat Gavrilova 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3, while Roberta Vinci of Italy defeated Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1. Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia also advanced to the second round, rallying to beat Yaroslava Shvedova 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Sugita beats Barrientos Yuichi Sugita of Japan came back to defeat Colombia's Nicolas Barrientos 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Claro Open at Bogota in Colombia Monday. Sugita will play fourth-seeded Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 hard-court tournament. In another first-round match, Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin was leading wild card Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-3, 2-3 when officials suspended play because of rain. Top-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia will debut later in the week. Bernard Tomic of Australia is the second seed in Colombia. — Agencies
