Paris Masters: Vacherot makes second round, against Rinderknech again
Valentin Vacherot won against Jiri Lehecka 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday. He’ll face his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the next round
Valentin Vacherot, 2025 | © Action / PsNewz
Monégasque wildcard Valentin Vacherot won against Czech Jiri Lehecka, the No 14 seed, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the second round of Paris Masters at the La Défense Arena on Tuesday. Vacherot, ranked No 40, will play French wildcard Arthur Rinderknech next. This will be a replay of the recent Shanghai final that made them famous in the world of tennis.
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: tuesday
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Gabriel Diallo: tuesday
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Francisco Comesana: tuesday
- Karen Khachanov (10) beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Alexandre Muller beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-2, 7-5
- 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 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)