Montpellier Open: Rinderknech reaches second round, Coric next

Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech reached the second round of the Montpellier Open by winning against Italian qualifier Luca Nardi 6-4, 6-4 at the Sud de France Arena on Tuesday evening.

Rinderknech, ranked No 68, will face No 3 seed Borna Coric next.

Montpellier ATP250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Ugo Humbert
• Mikael Ymer vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Benjamin Bonzi (8): 6-3, 6-4
• Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Luca Van Assche (WC): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Q): 7-5, 5-7, 6-0
• Maxime Cressy beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Quentin Halys beat Clement Chidekh (Q): 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
• 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