Roland-Garros: Fucsovics moves into second round
Marton Fucsovics beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 on Monday evening and will face Croat Marin Cilic, the No 20 seed, in the next round

Hungarian Marton Fucsovics advanced to the second round of Roland-Garros by winning against French qualifier Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday evening.
Fucsovics, ranked No 57, will face Croat Marin Cilic, the No 20 seed, next.
Blancaneaux, ranked No 191, beat Bosnian Mirza Basic (6-4, 6-3), Liam Broady (6-1, 6-7 [2], 6-4) and German Daniel Masur (6-1, 6-3) in the qualifying rounds of the French Open.
Paris (Grand Slam): Other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Marin Cilic beat Attila Balazs: 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
- Mikael Ymer beat James Duckworth: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Pedro Cachin (LL) beat Norbert Gombos (Q): 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic (28) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Franco Agamenone (LL): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 [3]
- Rafael Nadal (5) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
- Daniel Evans (29) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-6 [3], 6-4, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (10) beat Manuel Guinard (WC): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
- Corentin Moutet (WC) beat Stan Wawrinka: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 [2], 6-3
- Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) beat Maxime Cressy: 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 [8], 6-4, 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6 [3], 6-2
- Sebastian Baez beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Taylor Harry Fritz (13) beat Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna (Q): 7-6 [2], 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Filip Krajinovic beat Reilly Opelka (17): 7-6 [5], 6-2, 6-3
- Borna Gojo (Q) beat Alessandro Giannessi (LL): 6-4, 6-7 [3], 6-7 [4], 7-6 [4], 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (6) beat Juan Ignacio Londero (LL): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Q) beat Michael Mmoh (WC): 7-6 [7], 6-3, 7-5
- Jason Murray Kubler (Q) beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 [5], 7-6 [2], 7-6 [3]
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Sebastian Ofner (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 [5]
- Albert Ramos Vinolas beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 [5]
- Karen Khachanov (21) beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Fabio Fognini beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25): 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3
- Pablo Cuevas beat Jenson Brooksby (31): 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (9) beat Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (Q): 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- John Isner (23) beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 [3], 4-6, 7-6 [1], 7-6 [6]
- Botic van de Zandschulp (26) beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Gregoire Barrere (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 3-6, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman (15) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Hugo Dellien beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Carlos Taberner: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Grigor Dimitrov (18) beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
- Aljaz Bedene beat Christopher O’Connell (WC): 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 [5], 6-1
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