Metz Open: Fognini nets first ATP Tour win since Roland-Garros

Italian wildcard Fabio Fognini beat Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9) to reach the second round of the Metz Open at Arènes de Metz on Tuesday.

Fognini, ranked No 147, will face No 5 seed Alexander Bublik next. It was the former top-10 player’s first win on the ATP Tour since Roland-Garros.

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

• Abdullah Shelbayh vs. Hugo Gaston: tuesday
• Mate Valkusz (LL) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-2, 6-2
• Luca Van Assche beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Stan Wawrinka (8) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-0, 6-2
• Harold Mayot (Q) beat Yosuke Watanuki: 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
• Dominic Thiem beat Matteo Martineau (LL): 6-4, 6-2
• Constant Lestienne beat Calvin Hemery (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Mathias Bourgue (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Lorenzo Sonego (6) beat Marcos Giron: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Gregoire Barrere beat Yannick Hanfmann (7): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC) beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-4