Montpellier Open: Bellucci eases past home hope Pouille to move into second round
Mattia Bellucci defeated Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4 and will face the winner of the match between Aleksandar Kovacevic and David Goffin in the next round

Italian Mattia Bellucci reached the second round of the Montpellier Open by winning against Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4 at the Sud de France Arena.
Bellucci, ranked No 98, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic and Belgian David Goffin, the No 6 seed, next.
Montpellier ATP 250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 673.360, most recent results first):
- Jesper De Jong vs. Quentin Halys
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. David Goffin
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
- Harold Mayot vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Richard Gasquet
- Tallon Griekspoor (5) beat Botic Van De Zandschulp: 7-5, 6-3
- Constant Lestienne (Q) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 7-5
- Christopher Eubanks beat Alibek Kachmazov (Q): 7-5, 6-4
- Dominik Koepfer beat Gregoire Barrere (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Arthur Cazaux beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Yunchaokete Bu (8) beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (1), 6-3