Lyon Open: Rinderknech books spot in second round

Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech edged out Daniel Evans 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6) to reach the second round of the Lyon Open at Parc de la Tête d’or on Monday afternoon.

Rinderknech, ranked No 73, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Jaume Munar and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 5 seed, 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
• Pavel Kotov beat Pedro Cachin (LL): 6-1, 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6) beat Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-2, 6-2