Mallorca Open: Thompson knocks out Gasquet to book spot in second round

Australian Jordan Thompson reached the second round of the Mallorca Open by winning against Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the No 6 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at Mallorca Country Club.

Thompson, ranked No 71, will play the winner of the match between Spanish wildcard Feliciano López and Australian Max Purcell next.

Mallorca ATP250, other first-round results (Mallorca Country Club, grass, EUR 915.630, most recent results first):

• Feliciano López vs. Max Purcell
• Constant Lestienne vs. Jason Kubler
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Pedro Cachin: 6-2, 6-1
• Lloyd Harris (Q) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (7): 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Christopher Eubanks beat Alex Michelsen (LL): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena (8) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Pavel Kotov (LL) beat Li Tu (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Abdullah Shelbayh (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Guido Pella beat Marcos Giron: 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Corentin Moutet beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-5, 6-4