Montpellier Open: Sonego advances to second round, beating local hero Bonzi

Italian Lorenzo Sonego defeated Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, the No 8 seed, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Montpellier Open at the Sud de France Arena on Tuesday evening.

Sonego, ranked No 56, will play Serb Filip Krajinovic next.

Montpellier ATP250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Ugo Humbert
• Mikael Ymer vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Luca Nardi vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Luca Van Assche (WC): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Q): 7-5, 5-7, 6-0
• Maxime Cressy beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Quentin Halys beat Clement Chidekh (Q): 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
• Filip Krajinovic beat Aslan Karatsev: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Constant Lestienne: 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2
• Arthur Fils (WC) beat Richard Gasquet: 7-5, 7-5