Paris Masters: Rublev makes second round

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 12 seed, reached the second round of Paris Masters by defeating English qualifier Jacob Fearnley 6-1, 6-4 at the Paris La Défense Arena on Monday evening.

Rublev, ranked No 17, will face American Learner Tien next, who had just qualified defeating Portuguese Nuno Borges 6-2, 7-6 (7).

Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results (La Défense Arena, hard, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Valentin Royer
• Jaume Munar vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Joao Fonseca
• Corentin Moutet vs. Reilly Opelka
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Francisco Comesana
• Valentin Vacherot vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Karen Khachanov vs. Ethan Quinn
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexandre Muller vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Sebastian Korda: monday
• Alex Michelsen vs. Zizou Bergs: monday
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Alexander Bublik: monday
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Damir Dzumhur (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL): 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Terence Atmane (WC): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech (WC) beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Learner Tien beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Cameron Norrie beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Tomas Machac: 6-1, 6-4
• Arthur Cazaux (WC) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Daniel Altmaier beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 7-6 (5)