Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 9 seed, defeated Argentinian qualifier Francisco Comesana 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round of Paris Masters at the La Défense Arena on Tuesday.
Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 10, will play Frenchman Alexandre Muller next. FAA had retired in his quarterfinal in Basel last week for a knee pain.
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: tuesday
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Gabriel Diallo beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 6-4
- Valentin Vacherot (WC) beat Jiri Lehecka (14): 6-1, 6-3
- 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 (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)
