Nordea Open: Karatsev books spot in second round

Russian Aslan Karatsev edged out Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Nordea Open at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Tuesday.

Karatsev, ranked No 40, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Hugo Gaston and Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, the No 6 seed, next.

Bastad ATP 250, other first-round matches (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Baez vs. Fabio Fognini
• Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Sousa
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Dominic Thiem: tuesday
• Hugo Gaston vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili: tuesday
• Federico Coria beat Federico Delbonis (Q): 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat João Sousa: 6-4, 6-2
• Albert Ramos Vinolas beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Laslo Djere beat Lorenzo Musetti (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Elias Ymer (WC) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 7-6 (5)