PARIS RESULTS. Moutet surprises Lajovic in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Masters

Corentin Moutet surprises Dusan Lajovic 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in Paris on Tuesday. Moutet is going to play against Novak Djokovic in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Corentin conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Lajovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Moutet in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Lajovic reinforced his lead after breaking the French Player in the 4^th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Dusan won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3^rd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Moutet conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

Moutet won this match even if he scored less points than Dusan (73 vs. 77).

Corentin was stunning in converting all the break points (2/2). On the other side, Dusan was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Moutet and Lajovic is 1-0 for Corentin.

Next Match: Corentin Moutet vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Moutet will play Djokovic in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Corentin Moutet and Novak Djokovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Laslo DjereDjere (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Ugo HumbertHumbert (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gilles SimonSimon (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-6⁶ 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Andrey RublevRublev (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Marin CilicCilic (12-2) – See H2H details
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – See H2H details
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Benoit PairePaire (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – See H2H details
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-7) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Dominic ThiemThiem (2-1) – See H2H details
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (1-2) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – John IsnerIsner (1-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-0) – See H2H details