Stuttgart Open: Duckworth into second round

Australian qualifier James Duckworth reached the second round of the Stuttgart Open by winning against French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-6 (2) at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart on Tuesday.

Duckworth, ranked No 101, will face second seed Ben Shelton next.

Stuttgart ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart, grass, EUR 734.915, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Matteo Martineau vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Marcos Giron vs. Andy Murray
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alex Michelsen
• Roman Safiullin vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: tuesday
• Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Henri Squire (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Dominik Koepfer beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6)
• Jack Draper (6) beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)