Metz Open: Bublik advances to second round
Alexander Bublik edged out Evan Furness 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday. He’ll face Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in the next round
Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 7 seed, edged out French qualifier Evan Furness 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to move into the second round of the Metz Open at Arènes de Metz on Wednesday.
Bublik, ranked No 44, will face Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.
Metz ATP 250, other first-round results (Arènes de Metz, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Richard Gasquet vs. Dominic Thiem
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Oscar Otte
- Ugo Humbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi: wednesday
- Stan Wawrinka (Q) beat João Sousa: 7-6 (1), 6-2
- Mikael Ymer beat Adrian Mannarino (8): 7-5, 6-0
- Gilles Simon (WC) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 6-3
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
- Nikoloz Basilashvili (5) beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 4-6, 1-2 ret.
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Aslan Karatsev (6): 7-5, 6-3
- Sebastian Korda beat Hugo Gaston: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
