Paris Masters: Muller books spot in second round

Frenchman Alexandre Muller defeated American Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 7-5 to move into the second round of Paris Masters at the La Défense Arena on Monday evening.

Muller, ranked No 44, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 9 seed, and Argentinian qualifier Francisco Comesana next.

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

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Valentin Royer
• Jaume Munar vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Joao Fonseca
• Corentin Moutet vs. Reilly Opelka
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Francisco Comesana
• Valentin Vacherot vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Karen Khachanov vs. Ethan Quinn
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Grigor Dimitrov: monday
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Sebastian Korda (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Zizou Bergs beat Alex Michelsen: 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
• Alexander Bublik (13) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-4, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (12) beat Jacob Fearnley (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Damir Dzumhur (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL): 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Terence Atmane (WC): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech (WC) beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Learner Tien beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Cameron Norrie beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Tomas Machac: 6-1, 6-4
• Arthur Cazaux (WC) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Daniel Altmaier beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 7-6 (5)