The Portuguese Joao Souza will meet the four-time champion and second place Novak Djokovic (Serbia) in the second round of the Masters Series tennis tournament mentioned by sport-tipsters in Paris with a prize pool of 4, 872 million euros. Souza won in his first match Marco Cecchinato (Italy) with 7:5, 6:3 in 78 minutes. Djokovic may move Rafael Nadal (Spain) from the top of the ATP world rankings if he wins the title on Sunday. Joao Souza saved set up at 4:5 in the first set, then made a break and won with a 7:5 serve. The Portuguese took four consecutive games at the end of the second set to close the game.
Russian Karen Khachanov defeated Filip Krajovic (Serbia) with 7:5, 6:2 and will play against Kyle Edmund (UK) in the second round. John Milman (Australia) gave up on a back injury after losing the first set of 4:6 against Nikoloz Bazililashvili (Georgia).
The German Philipp Kohlschreiber eliminates Robin Haase (Netherlands) with 6:7 (4), 6:4, 6:2 for 2:05 and will meet number 6 in the world rankings Marin Cilic (Croatia) in the second round. Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) scored the 100th victory in his career after defeating Peter Goyovchik (Germany) with 6:4, 7:6 (5). The Frenchman Adrian Mannarino defeated his compatriot Ugo Umbert with 6:4, 6:2.
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