Monte-Carlo Masters: Tsitsipas reaches second round via Djere walkover

Two-time Monte-Carlo champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 12 seed, moved into the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters when Serb Laslo Djere retired on Monday afternoon at Monte-Carlo Country Club.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 12, led 6-3, 3-2 when Djere, ranked No 34, pulled out on Monday at Monte-Carlo Country Club.

The Greek will face the winner of the match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Korda vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Gael Monfils vs. Jordan Thompson
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jack Draper
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Marcos Giron
• Alex De Minaur vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Roman Safiullin vs. Jaume Munar
• Karen Khachanov vs. Cameron Norrie
• Federico Coria vs. Ugo Humbert
• Arthur Fils vs. Yannick Hanfmann: monday
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Christopher O’Connell: monday
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Valentin Vacherot (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Daniel Altmaier (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Sumit Nagal (Q) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner beat Daniel Evans: 6-1, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Luca Nardi (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Taylor Fritz (13): 6-4, 6-4
• Borna Coric beat Alexander Bublik (16): 6-1, 6-1
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Sebastian Baez: 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2