Metz Open: Gasquet makes second round

French wildcard Richard Gasquet moved into the second round of the Metz Open by edging out Brazilian Thiago Monteiro 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6) at the Arènes de Metz on Monday.

Gasquet, ranked No 133, will play American Alex Michelsen, the No 8 seed, next.

Metz ATP 250, other first-round results (Arènes de Metz, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Hugo Gaston vs. Titouan Droguet
• Manuel Guinard vs. Zizou Bergs
• Cameron Norrie vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Quentin Halys (Q) beat Theo Papamalamis (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert (LL) beat Pedro Martinez Portero (6): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
• Jan-Lennard Struff (7) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Gregoire Barrere (LL): 6-4, 7-5
• Alex Michelsen beat Harold Mayot (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Corentin Moutet beat Sumit Nagal: 7-5, 4-0 ret.