Geneva Open: Nishikori reaches second round

Japanese Kei Nishikori reached the second round of the Geneva Open by edging out American Learner Tien 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Monday afternoon.

Nishikori, ranked No 62, will play No 4 seed Karen Khachanov next.

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

• Arthur Cazaux vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Karue Sell vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Zizou Bergs
• Cameron Norrie vs. Dominic Stricker
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Hugo Gaston
• Jaume Munar vs. Quentin Halys: monday
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Ivan Gakhov (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Jacob Fearnley beat Dusan Lajovic (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Nuno Borges beat Alex Michelsen (7): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin (5) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5