Swiss Open: Stricker edges out Arthur Fils to advance into second round

Swiss wildcard Dominic Stricker won against Frenchman Arthur Fils 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of the Swiss Open at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad.

Stricker, ranked No 106, will play second seed Miomir Kecmanovic next.

Gstaad ATP250, other first-round results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Stan Wawrinka vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Fabio Fognini
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Otto Virtanen (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Facundo Bagnis (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
• Pedro Cachin beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 6-1
• Jurij Rodionov (Q) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 7-5
• Dominic Thiem beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Hamad Medjedovic (Q) beat Zhizhen Zhang (5): 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Alexander Ritschard (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Laslo Djere (8): 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-3, 6-4