Marseille Open: French wildcard Fils sets up second-round clash with Sinner
Arthur Fils beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday evening. He’ll play second seed Jannik Sinner in the next round
Arthur Fils competes in Marseille in 2023 JB Autissier / Panoramic
French wildcard Arthur Fils advanced to the second round of the Marseille Open by winning against Russian Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-3 at the Palais des sports de Marseille on Wednesday evening.
Fils, ranked No 118, will face second seed Jannik Sinner next.
Marseille ATP250, other first-round results (Palais des sports de Marseille, hard, EUR 707.510, most recent results first):
- Mikael Ymer beat Radu Albot: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Leandro Riedi beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Ritschard (Q) beat Pablo Andujar: 7-5, 6-3
- David Goffin (6) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Richard Gasquet (7) beat Laurent Lokoli (Q): 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (5)
- Maxime Cressy (5) beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Gregoire Barrere beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Gijs Brouwer (Q) beat Elias Ymer: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Stan Wawrinka beat Zizou Bergs: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Luca Van Assche (WC): 7-5, 7-5
- Alexander Bublik beat Filip Krajinovic: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
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