Vienna Open: Medvedev brushes aside Fils in first round

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, moved into the second round of the Vienna Open by defeating Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-2 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Wednesday afternoon.

Medvedev, ranked No 3, will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next.

Vienna ATP500, other first-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, EUR 2.409.835, most recent results first):

• Ben Shelton vs. Jannik Sinner
• Borna Gojo (WC) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 6-3
• Gael Monfils beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 6-4
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Lorenzo Musetti: 6-3, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego (LL) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (7) beat Daniel Evans: 1-4 ret.
• Tomas Machac (Q) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (3) beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Tommy Paul (6) beat Alexandre Muller (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Cameron Norrie beat Filip Misolic (Q): 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (5) beat Sebastian Ofner (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Karen Khachanov (8) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4