Monte-Carlo Masters: Thompson books spot in second round, sets up Tsitsipas clash

Australian Jordan Thompson won against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Sunday.

It was Thompson’s first win on clay since Barcelona in April last year.

Thompson, ranked No 35, will play No 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas next.

Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):

• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Corentin Moutet
• Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Baez
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
• Fabio Fognini vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Ben Shelton
• Alexandre Muller vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Mariano Navone vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Gael Monfils vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Marcos Giron vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Sebastian Korda
• Valentin Vacherot (WC) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-2, 6-1
• Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4