European Open: Navone saves MPs against Monteiro

Argentinian Mariano Navone, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the European Open by edging out Brazilian Thiago Monteiro 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6) at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Monday.

Monteiro held a match point on Navone’s serve in the 10th game of the third set, and also at 6-5 in the deciding tiebreak, but was unable to capitalise.

Navone, ranked No 43, will face the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Alexey Vatutin and Frenchman Hugo Gaston next.

Antwerp ATP 250, other first-round results (Lotto Arena, hard, EUR 690.135, most recent results first):

• Gilles Arnaud Bailly vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alexander Blockx
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Zizou Bergs
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Marcos Giron vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Luca Van Assche
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jaume Munar
• Alexey Vatutin vs. Hugo Gaston
• Raphael Collignon vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Richard Gasquet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-4, 6-0