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
Federico Pestellini / Panoramic
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
People in this post
More tennis news
December 18, 2024
“I also think there is a side to Nick few people see..” – Osaka on what she admires about Kyrgios
The Japanese player believes Kyrgios has a big hear and she admires his...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
Nadal recalls childhood incident that turned out to be a “very important lesson for me”
The Spaniard has written an essay in The Players Tribune where he looks...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
“There were months when I thought about taking a complete break from tennis to cleanse my mind” – Nadal
The Spaniard retired from the sport at the Davis Cup last month in...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
“Even a Djokovic can still learn something” – Melzer on the Serb’s partnership with Murray
The former world No 8 believes that Djokovic will have to train differently...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
“Fonseca reminds me of like a mini-Sinner” – Michelsen
The American says Fonseca hits the ball in the same manner as the...
Haresh Ramchandani
Your comments