Against the Spaniard Jaume Munar, currently ranked 65th in the world and therefore almost 130 positions higher than Rodionov, the Austrian started strongly and quickly got a break. Munar quickly equalized and finally made the decisive break to 7:5. In the second set, the Spaniard did not show any weakness and closed out the set 6:3.

Czech Jakub Mensik, who was seeded number 1 in the qualifiers, had no problems against Swiss Alexander Ritschard, winning 6:3, 6:4. Hungary's Marton Fucsovics also advanced just as safely, defeating the No. 2 seed Pavel Kotov in two sets.

Veteran Richard Gasquet delivered a surprise. The 38-year-old Frenchman defeated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic, ranked No. 75 in the world, 7:5, 7:6 (2).

Frenchman Alexandre Muller is also through to the second qualifying round, beating Germany's Maximilian Marterer in three sets. Brasilian Seyboth Wild ousted Spaniard Carreno Busta in straight sets.