#NextGenATP Jordan star Abdullah Shelbayh earned simply his second tour-level win of the season on Tuesday when he defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston 7-6(5), 6-2 on the Moselle Open.

The 19-year-old got here via qualifying on the ATP 250 occasion and made probably the most of his main-draw likelihood, saving one set level on serve within the first set and breaking Gaston’s serve 5 occasions to advance to the second spherical after one hour and 41 minutes. His different main-draw tour-level win got here in Banja Luka in April.

Shelbayh, who gained an ATP Challenger Tour title in Charleston final month, is up 29 spots to No. 186 within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Rankings. He’ll face sixth seed and defending champion Lorenzo Sonego within the second spherical.

In different motion, Fabio Fognini beat Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6(3), 7-6(9) to clinch his first tour-level win since Roland Garros in Could. Hungarian fortunate loser Mate Valkusz additionally superior, defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-2, 6-2.