Generali Open: Ofner moves into second round
Sebastian Ofner edged out Richard Gasquet 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Tuesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Russian lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko and Austrian Dominic Thiem in the next round
Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner reached the second round of the Generali Open by edging out Frenchman Richard Gasquet 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 at Kitzbühel Tennis Club on Tuesday afternoon.
Ofner, ranked No 235, will face the winner of the match between Russian lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko and Austrian Dominic Thiem next.
Kitzbühel ATP 250, other first-round results (Kitzbühel Tennis Club, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dominic Thiem
- Yannick Hanfmann beat Gerald Melzer (Q): 6-4, 1-1 ret.
- Pablo Andujar beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
- Pedro Martinez (7) beat Nicolas Jarry (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Federico Coria beat Cristian Garin: 6-4, 7-5
- Jurij Rodionov (WC) beat Hernan Casanova (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Dusan Lajovic beat Vitaliy Sachko (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Filip Misolic (WC) beat Daniel Dutra da Silva (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (6)
- Jiri Lehecka beat Thiago Monteiro: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- João Sousa (8) beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Juan Pablo Varillas beat Carlos Taberner: 6-4, 6-3
