Rune books spot in Stockholm second round against Garin

Danish teenager Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the Stockholm Open by winning against Brazilian Thiago Monteiro 7-5, 6-2 at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Monday.

This was Rune’s first match since Patrick Mouratoglou joined his team as coach. The Frenchman will work with Rune through the rest of the 2022 season.

Rune, ranked No 27, will play Chilean Cristian Garin next.

Stockholm ATP 250, first-round matches:

• 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
• Lukas Rosol vs. Aslan Karatsev

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