Lyon Open: Etcheverry makes second round

Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 6 seed, reached the second round of the Lyon Open by winning against Spanish qualifier Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 at Parc de la Tête d’or on Monday.

Etcheverry, ranked No 29, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild and Spaniard Pedro Martinez next.

Lyon ATP 250, other first-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Luciano Darderi vs. Taro Daniel
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Pedro Martinez
• Jaume Munar vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Hugo Gaston vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Dominik Koepfer beat Javier Barranco Cosano (LL): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Daniel Evans: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Pavel Kotov beat Pedro Cachin (LL): 6-1, 6-4
• Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-2, 6-2