Paris Masters: Bublik sees off Fognini to make second round

Kazakh Alexander Bublik reached the second round of Paris Masters by defeating Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 at the Accor Arena on Monday evening.

Bublik, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Arnaldi and Dane Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, next.

Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results (Accor Arena, hard, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):

• Jack Draper vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Alex De Minaur vs. Mariano Navone
• Ben Shelton vs. Corentin Moutet
• Zizou Bergs vs. Richard Gasquet
• Karen Khachanov vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Holger Rune
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Alex Michelsen vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Arthur Fils vs. Marin Cilic
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Tommy Paul
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: monday
• Miomir Kecmanovic (LL) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-5
• Ugo Humbert (15) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Marcos Giron (Q) beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6)
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Quentin Halys (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jordan Thompson beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech (WC) beat Tomas Machac: 6-7 (3), 5-3 ret.
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Luciano Darderi: 6-3, 6-4