Monte-Carlo Masters: Lehecka beats Korda to book spot in second round

Jiri Lehecka won against American Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6 (7) to advance to the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Monday.

Lehecka, ranked No 28, will face the winner of the match between Chinese qualifier Yunchaokete Bu and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 13 seed, next.

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

• Jordan Thompson beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-3
• Valentin Vacherot (WC) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-2, 6-1
• Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• 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