Rojer/Tecau Beat Felix/Shapovalov In Montpellier

Second seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau defeated Canadian #NextGenATP stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4 on Monday to reach the second round of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier.

Rojer and Tecau, who have won 20 tour-level titles as a team, saved all seven break points they faced against Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov. They broke twice — once in each set — en route to a 78-minute victory. Rojer and Tecau will next play Dominic Inglot/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi or Alexander Bublik/Damir Dzumhur. 

In the other doubles match of the day in Montpellier, Nikola Cacic and Mate Pavic eliminated wild cards Kenny De Schepper and Hugo Gaston 6-4, 6-4. They will face the winner between top seeds Kevin Krawietz/Nicolas Mahut and Adrian Mannarino/Hugo Nys.

At the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune, Italians Paolo Lorenzi/Stefano Travaglia beat Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis and Russian Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4. On Tuesday in India, there will be a blockbuster when doubles legend Leander Paes and his partner, Matthew Ebden, face second seeds Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak.

In Cordoba, fourth seeds Leonardo Mayer/Andres Molteni ousted fellow Argentines Guillermo Duran/Juan Ignacio Londero 6-3, 1-6, 10-5 to reach the second round of the Cordoba Open.