ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Top-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy reached the second round of the St. Petersburg Open by beating British qualifier Dominic Inglot 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday.
Fognini, the runner-up last year, broke Inglot early in each set and saved the only break point he faced late in the second set.
The 17th-ranked Italian is looking for his third career title. He won his first two back to back in June.
Fourth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov prevailed in the tiebreakers to eliminate Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).
The 34th-ranked Russian was serving for the match at 5-2 and 5-4 in the second set but Baghdatis broke him twice to force a tiebreaker.