Swiss Open: Swiss Ritschard, No 190, moves into second round, defeating Sousa

Swiss wildcard Alexander Ritschard reached the second round of the Swiss Open by defeating Portuguese João Sousa, the No 8 seed, 6-3, 6-3 at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad on Monday evening.

Ritschard, ranked No 190, will face the winner of the match between Jaume Munar and Bernabe Zapata Miralles next.

Gstaad ATP 250, other first-round matches (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Dominic Stricker
• Hugo Gaston vs. Dominic Thiem
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Cristian Garin
• Benoit Paire vs. Elias Ymer
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio
• Richard Gasquet vs. Roberto Carballes-Baena
• Jaume Munar vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Jiri Lehecka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-1, 6-3
• Federico Delbonis beat Mikael Ymer: 6-4, 7-5
• Pedro Martinez Portero (5) beat Carlos Taberner: 6-4, 6-3