Paris Masters: Cazaux books second-dound spot in first-ever match at the 17500-seat Paris La Défense Arena

French wildcard Arthur Cazaux advanced to the second round of Paris Masters by beating Italian Luciano Darderi 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) at the first ever match played at the new La Défense Arena Center court on Monday.

Cazaux, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 15 seed, and French lucky loser Valentin Royer next. Royer is replacing Ugo Humbert, who had to withdraw in the morning due to a back injury.

Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results (La Défense Arena, hard, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Valentin Royer
• Jaume Munar vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Joao Fonseca
• Corentin Moutet vs. Reilly Opelka
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Francisco Comesana
• Valentin Vacherot vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Karen Khachanov vs. Ethan Quinn
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexandre Muller vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Sebastian Korda
• Alex Michelsen vs. Zizou Bergs
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Andrey Rublev
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Terence Atmane
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Learner Tien vs. Nuno Borges: monday
• Cameron Norrie vs. Sebastian Baez: monday
• Flavio Cobolli beat Tomas Machac: 6-1, 6-4
• Daniel Altmaier beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 7-6 (5)