Lyon Open: Sonego goes down in first round
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard won against Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between German lucky loser Sebastian Fanselow and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka in the next round
Lorenzo Sonego (JB Autissier / Panoramic)
French wildcard Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard defeated Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Lyon Open at Parc de la Tête d’or on Tuesday.
Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 117, will face the winner of the match between German lucky loser Sebastian Fanselow and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka next.
Lyon ATP 250, other first-round matches (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579,320):
- 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)
- Pavel Kotov beat Pedro Cachin (LL): 6-1, 6-4
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6) beat Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-2, 6-2
- Sebastian Fanselow vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Luciano Darderi vs. Taro Daniel
- Jaume Munar vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Hugo Gaston vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Pedro Martinez
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