Lyon Open: Fils through to second round

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