Paris Masters: Lucky loser Fognini reaches second round
Fabio Fognini beat Arthur Fils 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll face the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the next round
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Italian lucky loser Fabio Fognini won against French qualifier Arthur Fils 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2 to move into the second round of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Tuesday.
Fognini, ranked No 59, will face the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next.
Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.415.410, most recent results first):
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Holger Rune vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Tommy Paul: tuesday
- Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Adrian Mannarino (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Pablo Carreno Busta (14) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Arthur Rinderknech (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Corentin Moutet (Q) beat Borna Coric: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Daniel Evans beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur beat Sebastian Korda: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Gilles Simon (WC) beat Andy Murray: 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Lorenzo Sonego (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q) beat Jannik Sinner (11): 6-2, 6-3
- Maxime Cressy beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-3
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-1
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Marin Čilić (15): 6-4, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-1
- Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-5, 6-2
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 6-4
- John Isner beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 6-4
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