Geneva Open: Ofner advances to second round, plays Ruud next

Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner reached the second round of the Geneva Open by defeating Australian Rinky Hijikata 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Monday.

Ofner, ranked No 45, will face second seed Casper Ruud next.

Geneva ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• David Goffin vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Alex Michelsen
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Federico Coria vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Tomas Machac vs. Jack Draper
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Andy Murray
• Flavio Cobolli beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-5, 6-1
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 6-3
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (5) beat Sumit Nagal: 7-6 (7), 6-3