Geneva Open: Ofner advances to second round, plays Ruud next
Sebastian Ofner won against Rinky Hijikata 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday afternoon. He’ll play second seed Casper Ruud in the next round
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Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner reached the second round of the Geneva Open by defeating Australian Rinky Hijikata 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Monday.
Ofner, ranked No 45, will face second seed Casper Ruud next.
Geneva ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- David Goffin vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Alex Michelsen
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Federico Coria vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Tomas Machac vs. Jack Draper
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Andy Murray
- Flavio Cobolli beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-5, 6-1
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 6-3
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Sebastian Baez (5) beat Sumit Nagal: 7-6 (7), 6-3
