Brown forced out 3 points from win

The first round is complete in all tournaments in Montpellier, Quito and Sofia.

Second round matches have even commenced.

The final opening round results were as follows:

Montpellier:

Ruben Bemelmans defeated wildcard Calvin Hemery 6-1 6-2

Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated qualifier Kenny De Schepper 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4, in an all French battle

Richard Gasquet (5) defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-0 6-3

Nicolas Mahut defeated Dustin Brown 6-7(2) 2-5 (retired)

Brown was leading 15-0 on Mahut’s serve in the eighth game of set two after winning the point of the match. However, in the process, he injured his lower back and couldn’t continue.

Heartbreak just three points from the second round.

John Millman defeated Yuichi Sugita (8) 5-7 6-3 6-4

Quito:

Ivo Karlovic (7) defeated Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 6=7(6) 7-6(4) in a match with 40 aces between the two

Nicolas Jarry (8) defeated qualifier Facundo Bagnis 6-7(4) 6-2 7-6(5)

Lucky loser in qualifying Alessandro Giannessi defeated Peter Polansky 6-3 6-4

Gerald Melzer defeated Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-2

Wildcard Roberto Quiroz defeated Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(5) 6-3

Sofia:

Maximilian Marterer defeated Malek Jaziri 7-6(3) 6-4

Marius Copil defeated Robin Haase (5) 7-6(5) 6-4

Blaz Kavcic defeated Lasio Djere 6-4 6-4

Andreas Seppi defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-4

Marcos Baghdatis defeated lucky loser in qualifying Salvatore Caruso 7-6(4) 6-3

Second round results:

Montpellier:

David Goffin (1) defeated Gilles Simon 6-4 6-2

Andrey Rublev (6) defeated Jeremy Chardy 6-2 6-1

Although these results were both disappointing for the French crowd, tomorrow’s remaining second round matches include two all French affairs and two others each with a French player featured.

So at least two quarter finalists will be French.

Sofia:

Qualifier Mirza Basic defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber (4) 7-5 7-6(5)

Qualifier Jozef Kovalík defeated Lukas Lacko 4-6 6-2 7-5