Barcelona Open: Fils books spot in second round
Arthur Fils beat Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (6), 6-3 on Tuesday and will face Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero in the next round
Arthur Fils, Indian Wells 2025
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Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 7 seed, defeated Spanish wildcard Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (6), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Barcelona Open at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Tuesday.
Fils, ranked No 14, will face Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero next.
Barcelona ATP 500, other first-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.889.200, most recent results first):
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ethan Quinn
- Karen Khachanov vs. Cameron Norrie
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Jaume Munar
- Laslo Djere vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Casper Ruud: tuesday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alex De Minaur
- Sebastian Baez beat Damir Dzumhur (LL): 6-1, 7-5
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) beat Reilly Opelka: 6-2, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (4) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Holger Rune (6) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (WC): 7-5, 6-4
- Hamad Medjedovic (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
- Jacob Fearnley (LL) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-1, 7-5
- Sebastian Korda beat Matteo Arnaldi: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Pedro Martinez Portero beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
