Swiss qualifier Bellier wins to set up Shapovalov meeting in Stockholm
Antoine Bellier will play No 4 seed Denis Shapovalov in the next round
Antoine Bellier at the ATP Rennes Challenger
Image Credit: Laurent Lairys / Panoramic
Switzerland’s Antoine Bellier reached the second round of the Stockholm Open by beating fellow qualifier Alexander Shevchenko, from Russia, 6-4, 6-2 at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Tuesday afternoon.
The win for Bellier, ranked No 192, set up a showdown against fourth seed Denis Shapovalov next.
Bellier had come through the qualifying draw this week, winning two rounds there including a win over Karl Friberg in the final round of qualies.
Stockholm ATP 250, other first-round matches
- Alex De Minaur (5) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-3, 6-1
- Aslan Karatsev beat Lukas Rosol (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Holger Rune (7) beat Thiago Monteiro: 7-5, 6-2
- Cristian Garin beat Jason Kubler (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Maxime Cressy beat Ilya Ivashka: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Oscar Otte vs. Elias Ymer
- J.J. Wolf vs. Alex Molcan
- Leo Borg vs. Tommy Paul
- Quentin Halys vs. Mikael Ymer
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. João Sousa
