Montpellier Open: Basilashvili wins his first match in 2023
Nikoloz Basilashvili won against Constant Lestienne 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2 on Monday night. He’ll play the winner of the match between Frenchman Gregoire Barrere and Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili won his first match on the Tour as he advanced to the second round of the Montpellier Open by beating Frenchman Constant Lestienne 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2 at the Sud de France Arena on Monday night.
Basilashvili, ranked No 87, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Gregoire Barrere and Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 6 seed, next.
He had not won a match since Roanne, at the Challenger level, last november.
Montpellier ATP250, other first-round matches (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Ugo Humbert
- Mikael Ymer vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
- Luca Nardi vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Luca Van Assche
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
- Clement Chidekh vs. Quentin Halys
- Maxime Cressy vs. Antoine Bellier
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Arthur Fils (WC) beat Richard Gasquet: 7-5, 7-5
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