Monte-Carlo Masters: De Minaur dismantles former champion Wawrinka to make second round
Alex De Minaur beat Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-0 in Monte-Carlo and will play Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in the next round

Alex De Minaur, the No 11 seed, moved into the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters by comprehensively outplaying Swiss wildcard, and former champion, Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-0 at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.
The Australian is now the fourth player to reach 20 wins for the season as he carries his fine form into the European clay-court swing.
De Minaur, ranked No 11, will face Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor next.
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Jordan Thompson
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jack Draper
- Sebastian Korda vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: tuesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta: tuesday
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Marcos Giron: tuesday
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Federico Coria (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Jaume Munar (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Arthur Fils beat Yannick Hanfmann (LL): 6-0, 6-2
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (12) beat Laslo Djere: 6-3, 3-2 ret.
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Valentin Vacherot (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Daniel Altmaier (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Sumit Nagal (Q) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
- Sebastian Ofner beat Daniel Evans: 6-1, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Luca Nardi (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Taylor Fritz (13): 6-4, 6-4
- Borna Coric beat Alexander Bublik (16): 6-1, 6-1
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Sebastian Baez: 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
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