Lyon Open: Mpetshi Perricard upsets Sonego to reach second round

French wildcard Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard advanced to the second round of the Lyon Open by beating Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 6-4 at Parc de la Tête d’or on Tuesday.

Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 117, will play the winner of the match between German lucky loser Sebastian Fanselow and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka next.

Lyon ATP 250, other first-round matches (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579,320):

• Dominik Koepfer beat Javier Barranco Cosano (LL): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Daniel Evans: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Pavel Kotov beat Pedro Cachin (LL): 6-1, 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6) beat Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-2, 6-2
• Sebastian Fanselow vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Luciano Darderi vs. Taro Daniel
• Jaume Munar vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Hugo Gaston vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Pedro Martinez