BMW Open: Qualifier Ritschard makes second round, beats Struff

Swiss qualifier Alexander Ritschard beat German Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5, 7-5 to move into the second round of the BMW Open at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich on Tuesday.

Ritschard, ranked No 209, will play American Marcos Giron next.

Munich ATP250, other first-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Aslan Karatsev vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Cristian Garin vs. Marko Topo
• Dominic Thiem vs. Constant Lestienne
• Christopher O’Connell beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-4
• Quentin Halys vs. Lorenzo Sonego: tuesday
• Marc-Andrea Huesler (8) beat Kyle Edmund: 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Max Hans Rehberg (WC): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Oscar Otte beat Sebastian Baez (5): 6-3, 7-5
• Yannick Hanfmann (WC) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 6-1
• Marcos Giron beat Roberto Carballes Baena (7): 6-1, 5-7, 6-2