Montpellier Open: Basilashvili wins via Kukushkin retirement in final game

Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili reached the second round of the Montpellier Open when Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin retired on Wednesday afternoon at the Sud de France Arena.

Basilashvili, ranked No 178, led 6-3, 3-6, 5-0 when Kukushkin, ranked No 112, pulled out at the Sud de France Arena on Wednesday.

The Georgian will face No 7 seed Arthur Rinderknech next.

Montpellier ATP 250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 673.360, most recent results first):

• Jesper De Jong vs. Quentin Halys
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. David Goffin
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Harold Mayot: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1
• Richard Gasquet beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-2
• Mattia Bellucci beat Lucas Pouille: 6-4, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor (5) beat Botic Van De Zandschulp: 7-5, 6-3
• Constant Lestienne (Q) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 7-5
• Christopher Eubanks beat Alibek Kachmazov (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Dominik Koepfer beat Gregoire Barrere (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Arthur Cazaux beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Yunchaokete Bu (8) beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (1), 6-3