Montpellier Open: Halys moves into second round

Quentin Halys reached the second round of the Montpellier Open by edging out qualifier Clement Chidekh 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 at the Sud de France Arena on Tuesday afternoon.

Halys, ranked No 70, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, and French wildcard Ugo Humbert next.

Montpellier ATP250, other first-round results (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: tuesday
• Maxime Cressy beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Filip Krajinovic beat Aslan Karatsev: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Constant Lestienne: 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2
• Arthur Fils (WC) beat Richard Gasquet: 7-5, 7-5