Lyon Open: Kotov advances to second round

Russian Pavel Kotov reached the second round of the Lyon Open by winning against Argentinian lucky loser Pedro Cachin 6-1, 6-4 at Parc de la Tête d’or on Monday.

Kotov, ranked No 57, will face wildcard Alexandre Muller next.

Lyon ATP 250, other first-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Luciano Darderi vs. Taro Daniel
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Pedro Martinez
• Jaume Munar vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Hugo Gaston vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Dominik Koepfer beat Javier Barranco Cosano (LL): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Daniel Evans: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6) beat Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-2, 6-2