Richard Gasquet eases into second round of Monte Carlo Masters

11 April 2016 05:53

Ninth seed Richard Gasquet eased through to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters by beating Nicolas Almagro.

The Frenchman, a two-time former Wimbledon semi-finalist, comfortably saw off the Spaniard 6-4 6-0.

It was a good day for the French with Gael Monfils, seeded 13, sweeping aside Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-5 6-0 and 16th seed Benoit Paire saving a match point as he battled past Spaniard Inigo Cervantes 4-6 6-2 7-6 (8-6).

The all-French first-round clash saw Lucas Pouille beat Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (7-1) 6-3.

There were also wins for Spaniards Roberto Bautista-Agut, Pablo Carreno-Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Germany's Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Austrian Dominic Thiem and 10th seed Milos Raonic of Canada.

Source: PA