Montpellier Open: Wildcard Mayot upsets Pouille to reach second round

Wildcard Harold Mayot reached the second round of the Montpellier Open by defeating wildcard Lucas Pouille 6-4, 7-5 at the Sud de France Arena.

Mayot, ranked No 144, will face Frenchman Benoit Paire next.

Montpellier ATP 250, other first-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dalibor Svrcina
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Gael Monfils
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Constant Lestienne
• Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Richard Gasquet
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Hugo Gaston vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Gregoire Barrere beat Ugo Blanchet (Q): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller (7) beat Antoine Escoffier (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Pedro Martinez beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 7-6 (3)

• Benoit Paire beat Andy Murray (5): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Michael Mmoh beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-3, 7-5