Marozsan upsets Moutet in Rome for first ATP Tour win
Fabian Marozsan defeated Corentin Moutet 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2 on Thursday and will play No 32 seed Jiri Lehecka in the next round
CHRYSLENE CAILLAUD
Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan reached the second round of the Rome Masters by winning against Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2 at the Foro Italico on Thursday.
It was the first ATP Tour win for the 23-year-old Marozsan, ranked No 135, and he will face No 32 seed Jiri Lehecka next.
Rome Masters, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Stefano Napolitano vs. Alex Molcan
- Hugo Grenier vs. J.J. Wolf: thursday
- Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-4, 6-4
- Nuno Borges beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 6-1
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Jeremy Chardy: 6-2, 6-1
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Francesco Passaro (WC): 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Guido Pella beat Maxime Cressy: 6-3, 6-4
- Marco Cecchinato beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 7-5
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
- David Goffin beat Luca Nardi (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Thiago Monteiro beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-1, 6-2
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Hugo Dellien: 6-2, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Giulio Zeppieri (WC): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-0
- Jason Kubler beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2
- Gregoire Barrere beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-3, 6-3
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Fabio Fognini (WC) beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q) beat Jaume Munar: 4-2 ret.
- Arthur Fils (Q) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Alexandre Muller (Q) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-1, 6-3
- Yibing Wu beat Richard Gasquet: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Cristian Garin beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Laslo Djere beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1 ret.
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Luca Van Assche: 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Sebastian Baez beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 7-5, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-4, 6-2
- Stan Wawrinka beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 6-4
