Bucharest Open: Moutet through to second round defeating Shapovalov
Corentin Moutet won against Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Portuguese Nuno Borges, the No 7 seed, and Swiss Stan Wawrinka in the next round
Corentin Moutet at the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters (Norbert Scanella/Panoramic)
Frenchman Corentin Moutet moved into the second round of the Bucharest Open by winning against Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-2 at the National Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Moutet, ranked No 92, will face the winner of the match between Portuguese Nuno Borges, the No 7 seed, and Swiss Stan Wawrinka next.
Bucharest ATP 250, other first-round results (National Tennis Centre, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- David Goffin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Nuno Borges vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Carlos Taberner vs. Pedro Martinez: tuesday
- Radu Albot vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: tuesday
- Marton Fucsovics beat Valentin Vacherot (Q): 7-6 (8), 6-2
- Joao Fonseca (WC) beat Lorenzo Sonego (6): 7-6 (5), 7-5
- Federico Coria beat Benjamin Bonzi (LL): 6-4, 6-2
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Hugo Gaston: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5
- Mariano Navone (5) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-2, 6-3
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Luca Nardi: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2)
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