Montpellier Open: Huesler beats French wild card to set up Rune showdown

Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler moved into the second round of the Montpellier Open by beating French wildcard Luca Van Assche 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 at the Sud de France Arena on Tuesday evening.

Huesler, ranked No 49, will face top seed Holger Rune next.

Montpellier ATP250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Marton Fucsovics beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Q): 7-5, 5-7, 6-0
• Maxime Cressy beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Quentin Halys beat Clement Chidekh (Q): 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
• Filip Krajinovic beat Aslan Karatsev: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Constant Lestienne: 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2
• Arthur Fils (WC) beat Richard Gasquet: 7-5, 7-5
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Ugo Humbert
• Mikael Ymer vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Luca Nardi vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Lorenzo Sonego

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