Stockholm Open: Karatsev books spot in second round, Norrie next

Russian Aslan Karatsev won against Czech qualifier Lukas Rosol 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Monday evening.

Karatsev, ranked No 45, will face second seed Cameron Norrie next.

Stockholm ATP 250, other first-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):

• 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
• J.J. Wolf vs. Alex Molcan
• Oscar Otte vs. Elias Ymer
• Leo Borg vs. Tommy Paul
• Quentin Halys vs. Mikael Ymer
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. João Sousa
• Antoine Bellier vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Alex De Minaur vs. Benjamin Bonzi