Geneva Open: Fearnley books spot in second round

Jacob Fearnley advanced to the second round of the Geneva Open by defeating Serb wildcard Dusan Lajovic 6-4, 6-1 at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Monday.

Fearnley, ranked No 54, will play Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 5 seed, next.

Geneva ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 596.035, most recent results first):

• Karue Sell vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Zizou Bergs
• Cameron Norrie vs. Dominic Stricker
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Hugo Gaston
• Jaume Munar vs. Quentin Halys
• Kei Nishikori vs. Learner Tien
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Ivan Gakhov: monday
• Nuno Borges beat Alex Michelsen (7): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5