Monte-Carlo Masters: Thompson books spot in second round, sets up Tsitsipas clash
Jordan Thompson beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday. He’ll face No 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round
Jordan Thompson (Icon SMI / Panoramic)
Australian Jordan Thompson won against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Sunday.
It was Thompson’s first win on clay since Barcelona in April last year.
Thompson, ranked No 35, will play No 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas next.
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Ugo Humbert
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Corentin Moutet
- Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Baez
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
- Fabio Fognini vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Ben Shelton
- Alexandre Muller vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Karen Khachanov
- Mariano Navone vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Gael Monfils vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Yunchaokete Bu vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Marcos Giron vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Sebastian Korda
- Valentin Vacherot (WC) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-2, 6-1
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
