Metz Open: Sixth seed Sonego advances to second round

Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 6 seed, reached the second round of the Metz Open by edging out American Marcos Giron 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) at Arènes de Metz on Monday afternoon.

Sonego, ranked No 49, will play the winner of the match between Jordanian qualifier Abdullah Shelbayh and Frenchman Hugo Gaston next.

Metz ATP250, other first-round results (Arènes de Metz, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Daniel Altmaier vs. Mate Valkusz
• Abdullah Shelbayh vs. Hugo Gaston
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Fabio Fognini
• Luca Van Assche vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Harold Mayot vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Matteo Martineau vs. Dominic Thiem
• Constant Lestienne vs. Calvin Hemery: monday
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Mathias Bourgue (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Gregoire Barrere beat Yannick Hanfmann (7): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC) beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-4