Lyon Open: Cachin beats Monfils to reach second round

Argentinian Pedro Cachin edged out French wildcard Gaël Monfils (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) to reach the second round of the Lyon Open at Parc de la Tête d’or on Tuesday.

Monfils pulled all the tricks but, in the end, couldn’t find a way through the Argentinian.

Cachin, ranked No 63, will now face Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 6 seed.

Lyon ATP250, other first-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Baez beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q) beat Max Purcell: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• David Goffin beat Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Mikael Ymer beat Richard Gasquet (7): 6-3, 7-5
• Arthur Fils (WC) beat Zhizhen Zhang (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (5) beat Oriol Roca-Batalla (LL): 6-1, 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-3
• Jack Draper beat Alexandre Muller: 6-2, 6-3
• Gregoire Barrere beat Corentin Moutet: 6-4, 6-2
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4