Stuttgart Open: Koepfer books spot in second round

German Dominik Koepfer edged out Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to move into the second round of the Stuttgart Open at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart on Monday afternoon.

Koepfer, ranked No 65, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 5 seed, and French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard next.

Stuttgart ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart, grass, EUR 734.915, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Matteo Martineau vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Marcos Giron vs. Andy Murray
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alex Michelsen
• Roman Safiullin vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Brandon Nakashima
• James Duckworth vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Henri Squire vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Jack Draper (6) beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)