Montpellier Open: Llamas Ruiz knocks out home hope Gasquet to make second round

Spanish qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz advanced to the second round of the Montpellier Open by winning against Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6 (6), 7-5 at the Sud de France Arena.

Llamas Ruiz, ranked No 156, will face top seed Holger Rune next.

Montpellier ATP 250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli vs. Gael Monfils
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Constant Lestienne
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dalibor Svrcina
• Arthur Cazaux beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-1, 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov beat Hugo Gaston: 6-1, 6-3
• Harold Mayot (WC) beat Lucas Pouille (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Gregoire Barrere beat Ugo Blanchet (Q): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller (7) beat Antoine Escoffier (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Pedro Martinez beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Benoit Paire beat Andy Murray (5): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Michael Mmoh beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-3, 7-5