5 French players lose in Paris

The first round matches in the Rolex Paris Masters were completed, and four second round matches played.

First round results

• Fernando Verdasco defeated Jérémy Chardy 6-4 6-4.  This sets up a second round clash with Fernando’s good friend and fellow Spaniard Rafa Nadal 
• Daniil Medvedev defeated Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2 6-2
• Gilles Simon defeated Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-4
• Mikhail Kukushkin defeated wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert 3-6 6-3 7-5
• Marton Fucsovics defeated qualifier Benoit Paire 6-4 6-4
• Milos Raonic defeated wildcard Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in an exciting match where serve was not broken in nearly three hours, the Canadian victorious 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(5).

Not a great day for French players in their capital, with five defeated.  One of those was in an all French battle, so there was one winner for the day, Gilles Simon.

Second round results 

• Karen Khachanov defeated lucky loser Matthew Ebden 6-2 2-0 (retired)
• Marin Cilic (5) defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-4
• Damir Dzumhur defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (14) 6-3 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (2) defeated qualifier João Sousa 7-5 6-1

Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, and Sascha Zverev will be on court tomorrow in second round matches, following opening round byes.