Stuttgart Open: Kyrgios falls to Wu in straight sets

Chinese Yibing Wu beat Australian Nick Kyrgios, the No 8 seed, 7-5, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Stuttgart Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof on Tuesday.

Wu, ranked No 64, will face Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics next.

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First win on grass for Wu taking out Kyrgios 7-5 6-3!@boss__open | #BossOpen pic.twitter.com/pPhXRvClIL

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Kyrgios reached the semi-finals in Stuttgart last year.

The two will play again at UTS in Los Angeles next month.

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

• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Tommy Paul: tuesday
• Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Shapovalov: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-1
• Aslan Karatsev beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6, 6-7 (8), 7-5
• 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