European Open: Gaston wins all French clash in opening round

Hugo Gaston advanced to the second round of the European Open by beating Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (7), 6-4 at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Monday evening.

Gaston, ranked No 96, will face second seed Jan-Lennard Struff next.

Antwerp ATP250, other first-round results (Lotto Arena, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):

• Nuno Borges vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Dominic Stricker vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Luca Nardi vs. Dominic Thiem
• Alexander Blockx vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Richard Gasquet vs. Maximilian Marterer
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• David Goffin vs. Quentin Halys
• Mark Lajal (WC) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-4
• Gregoire Barrere beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)