Monte-Carlo Masters: Dimitrov makes second round

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 9 seed, advanced to the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters by beating Monégasque wildcard Valentin Vacherot 7-5, 6-2 at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Monday.

This is Dimitrov’s first tournament ranked in the ATP Top 10 since the Masters 1000 in Paris in 2018, and he is now 7-0 in his opening rounds this year.

Dimitrov, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between Serb Miomir Kecmanovic and Italian wildcard Matteo Berrettini next.

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Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Korda vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Gael Monfils vs. Jordan Thompson
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jack Draper
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Marcos Giron
• Alex De Minaur vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Roman Safiullin vs. Jaume Munar
• Karen Khachanov vs. Cameron Norrie
• Federico Coria vs. Ugo Humbert
• Laslo Djere vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Arthur Fils vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Daniel Altmaier: monday
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Sumit Nagal: monday
• 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