Britain's Liam Broady enjoyed his first ever win in the main draw of an ATP World Tour tournament as he beat Ernests Gulbis in the St Petersburg Open.
The 23-year-old from Stockport, whose sister Naomi is the British number three, beat the Latvian 6-3 6-0 after having to get through two rounds of qualifying.
Broady can be backed at 20/1 with Sky Bet for glory in Russia and he is 4/1 to overcome fourth seed Adrian Mannarino in the second round.
Broady has won a match at Wimbledon in 2015, but had never tasted victory at the elite level of the men's tour until his meeting with world number 212 Gulbis, who beat Juan Martin del Potro on his way to the third round of this year's Wimbledon.
He took the first set with a solitary break of serve and then blew his opponent away in the second on his way to a bagel.
At the Moselle Open in Metz, home favourite Richard Gasquet was bounced out by Uzbek Denis Istomin, who shrugged off a nightmare first set to win 1-6 6-4 6-4.
Seventh seed Benoit Paire restored some home cheer with a 6-2 6-4 win over Greek qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas, but another Frenchman, Simone Bolelli, was edged out 7-6 (9/7) 3-6 7-6 (8/6) by Spain's Marcel Granollers.
Lucky Loser Yannick Maden took full advantage beating Argentina's Nicolas Kicker 6-4 3-6 6-3 while there were also wins for Nikoloz Basilashvili and qualifier Peter Gojowczyk.
There was more woe for the home fans in the late match as Nicolas Almagro seized a crucial late break to see off Julien Benneteau 7-6 (7/3) 7-5.
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