Fritz moves into Paris second round, sets up potential clash with Murray

Taylor Fritz won against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-2 on Monday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Andy Murray and French wildcard Gilles Simon in the next round

Taylor Fritz Taylor Fritz in Paris (Federico Pestellini/Panoramic)

American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, defeated Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-2 to move into the second round of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Monday.

Fritz, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between Andy Murray and French wildcard Gilles Simon next.

Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results:

  • Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Tommy Paul
  • Denis Shapovalov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
  • Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
  • Corentin Moutet vs. Borna Coric
  • Daniel Evans vs. Brandon Nakashima
  • Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jack Draper
  • Holger Rune vs. Stan Wawrinka
  • Hubert Hurkacz vs. Adrian Mannarino
  • Arthur Fils vs. Fabio Fognini
  • Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Sebastian Korda vs. Alex De Minaur
  • Andy Murray vs. Gilles Simon
  • Alexander Bublik vs. Mikael Ymer
  • Lorenzo Sonego vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Jannik Sinner
  • Diego Schwartzman vs. Maxime Cressy
  • Alex Molcan vs. Richard Gasquet: monday
  • Marin Čilić vs. Lorenzo Musetti: monday
  • Karen Khachanov beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-1
  • Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-4
  • Cameron Norrie (12) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 6-4
  • John Isner beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
  • Yoshihito Nishioka beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 6-4

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