Lyon Open: Munar goes down in first round
Frances Tiafoe beat Jaume Munar 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the first round on Tuesday
Jaume Munar | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
American Frances Tiafoe, the No 5 seed, defeated Spaniard Jaume Munar 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Lyon Open at Parc de la Tête d’or on Tuesday.
Tiafoe, ranked No 26, will play Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech next.
Lyon ATP 250, other first-round matches (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579,320):
- Hugo Gaston (Q) beat Daniel Elahi Galan (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4)
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-3, 6-4
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Pedro Martinez: 6-4, 6-1
- 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
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