Swiss Open: Wawrinka through to second round as Carballes Baena retires
Stan Wawrinka benefited from the retirement of Roberto Carballes Baena (6-1, 3-1). He will play Spaniard Jaume Munar in the next round
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Swiss Stan Wawrinka moved into the second round of the Swiss Open when Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, the No 6 seed, retired at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad.
Wawrinka, ranked No 74, led 6-1, 3-1 when Carballes Baena, ranked No 60, pulled out on Tuesday evening at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad.
The 38-year-old Swiss will play Spaniard Jaume Munar next.
Gstaad ATP250, other first-round results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
- Dominic Stricker (WC) beat Arthur Fils: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
- 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
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