Stuttgart Open: Karatsev into second round, Fritz up next

Russian Aslan Karatsev edged out Frenchman Corentin Moutet 7-6, 6-7 (8), 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Stuttgart Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof on Tuesday.

Karatsev, ranked No 48, will face second seed Taylor Fritz next.

Stuttgart ATP250, other first-round results (Tennis Club Weissenhof, grass, EUR 718.410, most recent results first):

• Nick Kyrgios vs. Yibing Wu
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Tommy Paul
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: tuesday
• Christopher O’Connell beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-1
• Gregoire Barrere beat Oscar Otte (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Feliciano López (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Richard Gasquet beat Christopher Eubanks (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Matteo Berrettini (7): 6-1, 6-2
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Borna Gojo (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4