Munich Open: Molleker reaches second round with win over Passaro

German wildcard Rudolf Molleker won against Italian qualifier Francesco Passaro 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Munich Open at the MTTC Iphitos complex.

Molleker, ranked No 179, will play No 6 seed Jack Draper next.

Munich ATP 250, other first-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Marko Topo
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Ivan Gakhov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Maximilian Marterer
• Taro Daniel vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Cristian Garin vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Jurij Rodionov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Alejandro Moro Canas (Q) beat Dominic Thiem: 6-4, 6-4
• Jack Draper beat Vit Kopriva: 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Max Hans Rehberg (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-3