Marseille Open: Korda scores 100th career win; faces Dimitrov next

American Sebastian Korda edged out French qualifier Hugo Grenier 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (3) to reach the second round of the Marseille Open at the Palais des sports on Tuesday.

This was the milestone 100th career win for the American. He is the first American man born in the 2000s to record 100 career wins.

Korda also becomes the fifth man born in the 2000s to achieve the same after Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune:

Korda, ranked No 34, will face second seed Grigor Dimitrov next. The American leads the head-to-head between the two players 1-0.

Marseille ATP 250, other first-round matches (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 801,335):

• Hugo Gaston (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-2
• Tomas Machac beat Andy Murray: 7-5, 6-4
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Giulio Zeppieri (LL): 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Gregoire Barrere: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Benjamin Bonzi (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (6) beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-4, 6-2
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Quentin Halys
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Luca Van Assche
• Jiri Lehecka vs. David Goffin

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