Monfils sees off Portuguese wildcard to make second round in Estoril
Gael Monfils defeated Henrique Rocha 7-5, 7-5 on Wednesday evening. He’ll face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in the next round
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Frenchman Gael Monfils, the No 7 seed, won against Portuguese wildcard Henrique Rocha 7-5, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Estoril Open at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Wednesday evening.
Monfils, ranked No 45, will face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics next.
Estoril ATP 250, other first-round results (Clube de Ténis do Estoril, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Federico Coria vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Arthur Fils (5) beat João Sousa (WC): 7-5, 6-4
- Cristian Garin beat Jurij Rodionov: 7-6 (3), 7-5
- David Jorda Sanchis (LL) beat Jaime Faria (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q) beat Dominik Koepfer (8): 6-4, 6-3
- Jan Choinski (Q) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Pedro Martinez beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 6-2
- Marton Fucsovics beat Pedro Cachin: 7-5, 6-2
- Nuno Borges beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 0-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Dominic Thiem beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Miomir Kecmanovic (6): 6-1, 7-5
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