Lyon Open: Fils through to second round
Arthur Fils won against Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-2 on Monday afternoon. He’ll face the winner of the match between Swede Mikael Ymer and Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Arthur Fils (JB Autissier/Panoramic)
French wildcard Arthur Fils moved into the second round of the Lyon Open by winning against Chinese qualifier Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-2 at Parc de la Tête d’or on Monday.
Fils, ranked No 112, will play the winner of the match between Swede Mikael Ymer and Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the No 7 seed, next.
Lyon ATP250, other first-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Pedro Cachin
- Sebastian Baez vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Max Purcell vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
- David Goffin vs. Alvaro Lopez San Martin
- Mikael Ymer vs. Richard Gasquet
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (5) beat Oriol Roca-Batalla (LL): 6-1, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Alexandre Muller: 6-2, 6-3
- Gregoire Barrere beat Corentin Moutet: 6-4, 6-2
- Juan Pablo Varillas beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4
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