Roland-Garros: Popyrin advances to second round, faces Tabilo next

Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 25 seed, moved into the second round of Roland-Garros when Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka retired on Monday in Paris.

Popyrin, ranked No 25, led 7-5, 6-4, 1-2 when Nishioka, ranked No 77, pulled out of the first round clash.

The Australian will face Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in the next round.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56,352,000):

• Nuno Borges beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Quentin Halys beat Tomas Machac (21): 7-6 (4), 4-1 ret.
• Ben Shelton (13) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Jenson Brooksby beat Jaime Faria: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Emilio Nava (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
• Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
• Fabian Marozsan beat Luca Nardi: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Alex Michelsen (32): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan (LL) beat Valentin Royer (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
• Vit Kopriva beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Damir Dzumhur beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Reilly Opelka beat Rinky Hijikata: 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Elmer Moller (LL): 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Mariano Navone beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Jack Draper
• Gael Monfils vs. Hugo Dellien
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Joao Fonseca
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Novak Djokovic
• Corentin Moutet vs. Clement Tabur
• Marin Cilic vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Adam Walton
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha
• Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris
• Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
• Ethan Quinn vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Jesper De Jong vs. Francesco Passaro
• Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
• Alexander Bublik vs. James Duckworth
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Cameron Norrie
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Alex De Minaur vs. Laslo Djere
• Jannik Sinner vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Ugo Humbert
• Marcos Giron vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Arthur Fils
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Jaume Munar
• Terence Atmane vs. Richard Gasquet
• Filip Misolic vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Taylor Fritz
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Holger Rune
• Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jordan Thompson
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Hugo Gaston vs. Ugo Blanchet
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Casper Ruud vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Luciano Darderi vs. Sebastian Korda
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Sebastian Baez