Stockholm Open: Monfils recovers from slow start to beat Fucsovics and make second round

Frenchman Gael Monfils edged out Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen.

Monfils, ranked No 140, will play Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic next.

Stockholm ATP250, other first-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):

• Roman Safiullin beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-2
• Stan Wawrinka beat Borna Gojo: 7-5, 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Leo Borg (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Filip Misolic beat Daniel Evans (8): 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Christopher Eubanks (7): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• J.J. Wolf beat Sebastian Baez (5): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Elias Ymer (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Karl Friberg (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Dino Prizmic (Q) beat Jiri Lehecka (6): 6-3, 7-5
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Dusan Lajovic: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4