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The ATP 250 event is played on an indoor hard court and gives players a chance to get some competitive tennis after the Australian Open.
It is based in Montpellier and, while Richard Gasquet holds a strong hold over it, youngster Alexander Zverez won it last year.
This year’s events sees some big names involved including David Goffin, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gasquet and Andrey Rublev - but David Ferrer crashed out in the first round.
Second round
David Goffin bt Giles Simon 6-4 6-2
Ricardos Berankis vs Karen Khachanov
Damir Dzumhur vs Ruben Bemelmans
Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Richard Gasquet
Audrey Rublev vs Jeremy Chardy
Nicolas Mahut vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
John Millman vs Benoit Paire
Carlos Taberner vs Lucas Rouille
Round of 32
David Goffin - bye
Gilles Simon bt Yabbick Maden 6-1 4-6 7-6
Ricardos Berankis bt Julien Benneteau 6-3 7-6
Karen Khachanov bt David Ferrer 6-7 6-3 6-4
Damir Dzumhur - bye
Ruben Bemelmans bt Calvin Hemery 6-1 6-2
Pierre-Hugues Herbert bt Kenny de Schepper 7-6 6-7 6-4
Richard Gasquet bt Daniil Medvedev 6-0 6-3
Audrey Rublev bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4 6-4
Carlos Taberner bt Norbert Gombos 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-1)
Jeremy Chardy bt Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-6 7-5 7-5
Nicolas Mahut bt Dustin Brown 6-7 (2-7) 2-5 ret
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - bye
John Millman bt Yuichi Sugita 5-7 6-3 6-4
Benoit Paire bt Mischa Zverev 6-4 6-4
Lucas Rouille - bye