Montpellier Open: Bellucci eases past home hope Pouille to move into second round

Italian Mattia Bellucci reached the second round of the Montpellier Open by winning against Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4 at the Sud de France Arena.

Bellucci, ranked No 98, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic and Belgian David Goffin, the No 6 seed, 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
• Tallon Griekspoor (5) beat Botic Van De Zandschulp: 7-5, 6-3
• Constant Lestienne (Q) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 7-5
• Christopher Eubanks beat Alibek Kachmazov (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• 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