Marrakech Open: Herbert makes second round

French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Argentinian qualifier Federico Coria 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Marrakech Open at Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech on Tuesday.

Herbert, ranked No 169, will play Italian Mattia Bellucci, the No 8 seed, next.

Marrakech ATP 250, other first-round results (Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, clay, EUR 596.035, most recent results first):

• Vit Kopriva vs. Borna Gojo
• Luciano Darderi vs. Tristan Boyer
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Hugo Gaston: tuesday
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Younes Lalami Laaroussi (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Mattia Bellucci beat Pavel Kotov: 6-4, 6-4
• Kamil Majchrzak (Q) beat Jaume Munar (6): 6-4, 6-3
• Otto Virtanen beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Jesper De Jong beat Elliot Benchetrit (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Hugo Dellien beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
• Raphael Collignon beat Fabio Fognini: 6-3, 6-3
• Roberto Carballes Baena (5) beat Taha Baadi (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-3