Metz Open: Barrere reaches second round

Frenchman Gregoire Barrere beat German Yannick Hanfmann, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Metz Open at Arènes de Metz on Sunday evening.

Barrere, ranked No 85, will play the winner of the match between French qualifier Harold Mayot and Japanese Yosuke Watanuki next.

Metz ATP250, other first-round results (Arènes de Metz, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Daniel Altmaier vs. Mate Valkusz
• Abdullah Shelbayh vs. Hugo Gaston
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Fabio Fognini
• Luca Van Assche vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Harold Mayot vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Matteo Martineau vs. Dominic Thiem
• Constant Lestienne vs. Calvin Hemery
• Marcos Giron vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Mathias Bourgue
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC) beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-4