Marrakech Open: Passaro reaches second round defeating Karatsev

Italian Francesco Passaro won against Russian Aslan Karatsev (photo), 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Marrakech Open at the Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech on Monday.

Passaro, ranked No 115, will face the winner of the match between Alexandre Muller and No 6 seed Richard Gasquet next.

Marrakech ATP250, other first-round results (Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Alexandre Muller vs. Richard Gasquet
• Adam Moundir vs. Elias Ymer
• Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Federico Coria
• Riccardo Bonadio vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Andrea Vavassori
• Maxime Cressy vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Pavel Kotov vs. Pedro Martinez
• Younes Lalami Laaroussi vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Jaume Munar vs. Elliot Benchetrit: monday
• Hugo Gaston beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5