Rome Masters: Thompson knocks out Mpetshi Perricard to book spot in second round

Australian Jordan Thompson edged out Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to reach the second round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Thompson, ranked No 41, will play No 28 seed Brandon Nakashima next.

Rome Masters 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):

• Luca Nardi vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Nuno Borges vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Learner Tien vs. Reilly Opelka
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Joao Fonseca
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Matteo Gigante
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Marcos Giron
• Alexander Bublik vs. Roman Safiullin
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Fabio Fognini
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
• Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaume Munar
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Hugo Gaston vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jesper De Jong vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Mariano Navone vs. Federico Cina
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Luciano Darderi
• Vilius Gaubas vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Laslo Djere vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Otto Virtanen
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Cameron Norrie
• Francesco Passaro vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Roman Andres Burruchaga
• Vit Kopriva vs. Quentin Halys
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: wednesday
• Carlos Taberner vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: wednesday
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Pablo Carreno Busta: wednesday
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexandre Muller: wednesday
• Francisco Comesana beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 7-5
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Corentin Moutet: wednesday