Italian Francesco Passaro advanced to the second round of the Marrakech tournament, winning two sets to one (7-5, 3-6, 6-3) against Russian Aslan Karatsev late Monday afternoon. Karatsev, who fell to 124th in the world, suffered his seventh consecutive defeat on the ATP circuit. Since his first tournament of the year, in Pune, where he reached the last four, he has not won a match in a final draw (two victories in qualifying in Rotterdam). Passaro, 115th in the ATP world, will face the winner of the upcoming match between Alexandre Muller and No. 6 seed Richard Gasquet in the second round of the Morocco tournament. The other posters for the first round in Marrakech (ATP250, clay, 562,815 EUR, results are displayed from the most recent to the oldest): Juan Pablo Varillas – Benjamin Bonzi: scheduled for Tuesday Alexandre Muller – Richard Gasquet: scheduled for Tuesday Adam Moundir – Elias Ymer: scheduled for Tuesday Dimitar Kuzmanov – Federico Coria: scheduled for Tuesday Riccardo Bonadio – Christopher O’Connell: scheduled for Tuesday Nicolas Jarry – Andrea Vavassori: scheduled for Tuesday Maxime Cressy – Roberto Carballes Baena: scheduled for Tuesday Pavel Kotov – Pedro Martinez: scheduled for Tuesday Younes Lalami Laaroussi – Alexei Popyrin: scheduled for Monday Jaume Munar – Elliot Benchetrit: scheduled for Monday Hugo Gaston – Jan-Lennard Struff: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
source: tennismajors.com
