Paris Masters: Lajovic advances to second round
Dusan Lajovic defeated Benjamin Bonzi 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday. He’ll face Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 13 seed, in the next round
Dusan Lajovic in Rio 2023 (Fotoarena/Panoramic)
Serb lucky loser Dusan Lajovic advanced to the second round of Paris Masters by winning against French wildcard Benjamin Bonzi 7-5, 6-3 at the Accor Arena on Tuesday.
Lajovic, ranked No 48, will play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 13 seed, 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: tuesday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
- Dominic Thiem (Q) beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Lorenzo Musetti: 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Jordan Thompson (LL): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2
- 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 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
