Paris Masters: Safiullin reaches second round

Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin defeated French wildcard Alexandre Muller 7-6 (4), 6-3 to move into the second round of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Monday afternoon.

Safiullin, ranked No 45, will play second seed Carlos Alcaraz next.

Paris Masters, other first-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):

• Marton Fucsovics vs. Alexander Zverev
• Ugo Humbert vs. Marcos Giron
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Gael Monfils vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• J.J. Wolf vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fils
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Dominic Thiem
• Tommy Paul vs. Richard Gasquet
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Jordan Thompson vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Taylor Fritz vs. Sebastian Baez
• Laslo Djere vs. Luca Van Assche
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Max Purcell: 6-4, 6-4
• Andy Murray vs. Alex De Minaur: monday
• Alexander Bublik beat Frances Tiafoe (14): 6-3, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Ben Shelton (15): 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3