Stockholm Open: Paul moves into second round, Leo Borg wins the first set !

American Tommy Paul, the No 8 seed, won against Swede wildcard Leo Borg 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Tuesday evening.

Leo Borg is legendary Bjorn Borg’s son. Aged 19 and ranked 577, he played only his third ATP event. The first one was Stockholm one year ago, when he lost against… Tommy Paul !

Paul, now ranked No 31 and trophy holder, will play Swede Mikael Ymer next.

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

• Oscar Otte vs. Elias Ymer
• J.J. Wolf vs. Alex Molcan
• Mikael Ymer beat Quentin Halys: 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat João Sousa: 6-3, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Grigor Dimitrov (6): 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Antoine Bellier (Q) beat Alexander Shevchenko (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• 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