Lyon Open: Wildcard Muller beats Gasquet in round one

Wildcard Alexandre Muller beat wildcard Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Lyon Open at Parc de la Tête d’or on Sunday.

Muller, ranked No 109, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Mariano Navone, the No 7 seed, and Russian Pavel Kotov next.

Lyon ATP 250, other first-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Mariano Navone vs. Pavel Kotov
• Hugo Gaston vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Gael Monfils vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Jaume Munar vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Daniel Evans vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Luciano Darderi vs. Taro Daniel
• Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Pedro Martinez
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-2, 6-2