Portuguese Open: Shelton advances to second round

American Ben Shelton, the No 8 seed, won against Frenchman Constant Lestienne 7-5, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Portuguese Open at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Tuesday.

Shelton, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between Dominic Thiem and qualifier Sebastian Ofner next.

Estoril ATP250, other first-round results (Clube de Ténis do Estoril, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Nuno Borges vs. Quentin Halys
• Jurij Rodionov vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. João Sousa
• Luca Van Assche vs. Pedro Sousa
• Dominic Thiem vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Henrique Rocha (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (6) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-1
• Fabio Fognini beat Alessandro Giannessi (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Marco Cecchinato beat Diego Schwartzman (7): 6-3, 7-6 (8)
• Sebastian Baez (5) beat Radu Albot: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Pedro Cachin beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-4, 6-4