Monte-Carlo Masters: Borges into second round as Rune retires through illness

Portuguese Nuno Borges moved into the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters when Dane Holger Rune, the No 10 seed, retired on Tuesday afternoon at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.

Borges, ranked No 43, led 6-2, 3-0 when Rune, ranked No 12, pulled out at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Tuesday.

The Portuguese will play Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero next.

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

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils
• Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Baez
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Corentin Moutet
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Flavio Cobolli: tuesday
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Brandon Nakashima: tuesday
• Alexei Popyrin beat Ugo Humbert: 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Grigor Dimitrov (15) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-3, 6-4
• Pedro Martinez Portero beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-0, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Ben Shelton (11): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1
• Daniil Medvedev (9) beat Karen Khachanov: 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
• Alexandre Muller beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Matteo Berrettini beat Mariano Navone (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (13) beat Yunchaokete Bu (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (16): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Gael Monfils beat Fabian Marozsan (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Marcos Giron beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka beat Sebastian Korda: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• 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