Monte-Carlo Masters: Popyrin takes out Humbert in round one
Alexei Popyrin edged out Ugo Humbert 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 14 seed, and Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the next round
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Australian Alexei Popyrin edged out Frenchman Ugo Humbert 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 to move into the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters at the Monte-Carlo Country Club on Tuesday.
Popyrin, ranked No 27, will face the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 14 seed, and Serb Miomir Kecmanovic next.
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils
- Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Baez: tuesday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Corentin Moutet: tuesday
- Flavio Cobolli beat Dusan Lajovic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Nuno Borges beat Holger Rune (10): 6-2, 3-0 ret.
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-2, 6-4
- Grigor Dimitrov (15) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-3, 6-4
- Pedro Martinez Portero beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-0, 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Ben Shelton (11): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1
- Daniil Medvedev (9) beat Karen Khachanov: 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
- Alexandre Muller beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Matteo Berrettini beat Mariano Navone (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (13) beat Yunchaokete Bu (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (16): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Gael Monfils beat Fabian Marozsan (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Marcos Giron beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka beat Sebastian Korda: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Jordan Thompson beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-3
- Valentin Vacherot (WC) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-2, 6-1
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
