Basilashvili beats qualifier Halys, makes Paris second round

Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili advanced to the second round of Paris Masters by defeating French qualifier Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-4 at the Accor Arena on Monday.

Basilashvili, ranked No 106, will face the winner of the match between Croat Marin Čilić, the No 15 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Musetti next.

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Tennis Majors

Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results:

• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Tommy Paul
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Corentin Moutet vs. Borna Coric
• Daniel Evans vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jack Draper
• Holger Rune vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Arthur Fils vs. Fabio Fognini
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Sebastian Korda vs. Alex De Minaur
• Andy Murray vs. Gilles Simon
• Alexander Bublik vs. Mikael Ymer
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Jannik Sinner
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Maxime Cressy
• Alex Molcan vs. Richard Gasquet: monday
• Marin Čilić vs. Lorenzo Musetti: monday
• Karen Khachanov beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-1
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-5, 6-2
• Cameron Norrie (12) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 6-4
• John Isner beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 6-4