Stockholm Open: Fearnley continues rapid rise with win over Moutet in round one

British qualifier Jacob Fearnley won against Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-2, 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen.

Fearnley, ranked No 99, will play Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 7 seed, next. The Briton is now up to No 90 in the live rankings, having begun the year ranked outside the top 600.

Stockholm ATP 250, other first-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, hard, EUR 690.135, most recent results first):

• Stan Wawrinka vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Quentin Halys vs. Sumit Nagal
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
• Leo Borg vs. Alexandre Muller
• Elias Ymer vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Laslo Djere
• Cameron Norrie vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Matteo Berrettini beat Luciano Darderi (8): 6-4, 6-3
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Pavel Kotov: 6-4, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Dominic Stricker beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4