Montpellier Open: Bu advances after dominating first set tiebreak

Chinese Yunchaokete Bu, the No 8 seed, beat German Daniel Altmaier 7-6 (1), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Montpellier Open at the Sud de France Arena on Monday evening.

Bu, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric and French qualifier Constant Lestienne 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
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
• Harold Mayot vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Richard Gasquet
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Lucas Pouille
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
• Borna Coric vs. Constant Lestienne
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Alibek Kachmazov
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Arthur Cazaux