Montpellier Open: Eubanks defeats qualifier Kachmazov to set up Rublev clash
Christopher Eubanks won against Alibek Kachmazov 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll play top seed Andrey Rublev in the next round

American Christopher Eubanks moved into the second round of the Montpellier Open by defeating Russian qualifier Alibek Kachmazov 7-5, 6-4 at the Sud de France Arena.
Eubanks, ranked No 111, will play top seed Andrey Rublev next.
Montpellier ATP 250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 673.360, most recent results first):
- Jesper De Jong vs. Quentin Halys
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. David Goffin
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
- Harold Mayot vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Richard Gasquet
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Lucas Pouille
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
- Borna Coric vs. Constant Lestienne
- Dominik Koepfer beat Gregoire Barrere (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Arthur Cazaux beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Yunchaokete Bu (8) beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (1), 6-3