Mannarino battles back to beat Donskoy in Sydney

ByPA Sport

Published 08/01/2018 at 11:30 GMT

Fifth seed Adrian Mannarino booked his place in the second round of the Sydney International with a hard-fought win over Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy.

Frenchman Adrian Mannarino was a first-round winner in Sydney

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The Frenchman was broken twice as he lost the first set but rallied to grind out a 5-7 7-5 6-4 win over the world number 71 after two hours and 20 minutes of action.

Lucky loser Ricardas Berankis seized his second chance with a 5-7 7-5 6-4 win over Australian wild card Alex Bolt, while there were also wins for Daniil Medvedev and John Millman.

At the ASB Classic in Auckland, seventh seed David Ferrer booked his place in round two with a 7-6 (9/7) 6-4 win over China's Yibing Wu.

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