Stuttgart Open: Herbert moves into second round

French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert reached the second round of the Stuttgart Open when Bosnian Damir Dzumhur retired on Tuesday at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart.

Herbert, ranked No 132, led 6-4, 3-0 when Dzumhur, ranked No 67, pulled out at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart on Tuesday.

The 34-year-old Frenchman will face No 3 seed Ben Shelton next.

Stuttgart ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart, grass, EUR 751.630, most recent results first):

• Alex Michelsen vs. Gael Monfils
• Fabio Fognini vs. Corentin Moutet
• Learner Tien vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Quentin Halys vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Justin Engel vs. James Duckworth
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Marton Fucsovics: tuesday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Arthur Rinderknech: tuesday
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (10), 3-6, 7-5
• Jan-Lennard Struff (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima (6) beat Jacob Fearnley: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Jiri Lehecka (8) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 6-4