Stuttgart Open: Monfils Beaten by Michelsen in First Round

American Alex Michelsen, the No 7 seed, beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Stuttgart Open at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart on Tuesday evening.

Michelsen, ranked No 35, will play German wildcard Justin Engel next.

Stuttgart ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart, grass, EUR 751.630, most recent results first):

• Corentin Moutet beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3
• Learner Tien beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3) ret.
• Justin Engel beat James Duckworth (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Quentin Halys beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics (Q) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Denis Shapovalov (5): 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Q) beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-4, 3-0 ret.
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (10), 3-6, 7-5
• Jan-Lennard Struff (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima (6) beat Jacob Fearnley: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Jiri Lehecka (8) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 6-4