Paris Masters: Qualifier Nishioka reaches second round, faces Rublev next
Yoshihito Nishioka won against Jordan Thompson 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2 on Monday evening. He’ll play No 5 seed Andrey Rublev in the next round
INDIAN WELLS, CA – MARCH 10: Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) serves during the BNP Paribas Open on March 10, 2023 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, CA. || 259363_0030
Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka beat Australian lucky loser Jordan Thompson 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2 to reach the second round of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Monday evening.
Nishioka, ranked No 49, will face No 5 seed Andrey Rublev next.
Paris Masters, other first-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Ugo Humbert vs. Marcos Giron
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Sebastian Korda vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- J.J. Wolf vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fils
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Alexander Zverev
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Dominic Thiem
- Tommy Paul vs. Richard Gasquet: monday
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Lorenzo Musetti: monday
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-4, 7-5
- Laslo Djere beat Luca Van Assche (WC): 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (16) beat Max Purcell: 6-4, 6-4
- Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (13) beat Andy Murray: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5
- Alexander Bublik beat Frances Tiafoe (14): 6-3, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
- Nicolas Jarry beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-2
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Ben Shelton (15): 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3
