Gilles Muller beat Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-4 on Monday to reach the second round of the Moselle Open. In the first tour-level meeting between the duo, the Luxembourg native fired 20 aces to advance in Metz. He awaits the winner of eighth seed Fernando Verdasco and Alexander Zverev.

In doubles, Spaniards Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez advanced to the quarter-finals with a 7-6(3), 1-6, 10-4 win over Andre Begemann and Artem Sitak.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-1, 6-1 over Enzo Couacaud), Kenny De Schepper (7-5, 6-3 over Constant Lestienne), Mischa Zverev (6-4, 3-6, 6-3 over Daniel Brands) and Vincent Millot (7-5, 6-4 over Maxime Teixeira) qualified for the main draw.