BNP Paribas Masters 2015: Monday Tennis Scores, Results and Updated Schedule
British No. 2 Aljaz Bedene sealed his spot in the second round of the 2015 BNP Paribas Masters on Monday with a straight-sets victory over Spain's Marcel Granollers in Paris.
Gael Monfils lost out to Benoit Paire in an all-French first round clash, while Nicolas Mahut fell to Dusan Lajovic.
Australia's Bernard Tomic was victorious in his match with world No. 22 Fabio Fognini and Grigor Dimitrov eased past Pablo Carreno Busta.
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Here's a look at the day's full results from the French capital and a review of the best action.
| Round | Result | Score |
| Round 1 | Thomaz Bellucci bt. Teymuraz Gabashvili | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Round 1 | Benoit Paire bt. Gael Monfils | 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 |
| Round 1 | Bernard Tomic bt. Fabio Fognini | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Round 1 | Dominic Thiem bt. Adrian Mannarino | 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 |
| Round 1 | Alexandr Dolgopolov bt. Jiri Vesely | 6-3, 7-6(6) |
| Round 1 | Aljaz Bedene bt. Marcel Granollers | 7-5, 7-6(4) |
| Round 1 | Andreas Seppi bt. Pablo Cuevas | 7-5, 6-3 |
| Round 1 | Leonardo Mayer bt. Martin Klizan | 6-4, 6-3 |
| Round 1 | Dusan Lajovic bt. Nicolas Mahut | 7-5, 6-3 |
| Round 1 | Grigor Dimitrov bt. Pablo Carreno Busta | 6-4, 6-1 |
Recap
Bedene claimed the only break of the first set against Granollers at a crucial time to snatch a set that looked to be heading for a tiebreak.
He pressed to drive hime his advantage in the second and eventually triumphed in the tiebreak after seeing his Spanish opponent save seven break points.
The Slovenian-born Brit will now face America's John Isner in the last 32.
Paire produced a brilliant comeback to see off Monfils in arguably the most thrilling match of the day.
He trailed by a set and 4-1 in the second but managed to force an unlikely tiebreak to stay in the match—and Monfils was as entertaining as ever, per TennisTV:
Paire edged a very tight tiebreak to force a decider and took full advantage of the huge momentum swing to seal the match in just over two hours.
He comes up against another Frenchman in the next round in the shape of 14th seed Gilles Simon.
It was easy going for Tomic on Monday as he crushed Italy's Fognini inside an hour—the world No. 18 breaking serve four times in the encounter.
Dimitrov was similarly ruthless in his first-round match against Spain's Carreno Busta. The Bulgarian did enough in a rusty opening set to seize the initiative and stepped up his quality in the second to claim three breaks of serve for a 6-1 victory.
France's Adrian Mannarino fell to Austrian Dominic Thiem in three sets, while Mahut was seen off by an excellent Lajovic, the Serb fully deserving of his victory.
Tuesday's schedule is packed with quality as some of the seeded players get their campaigns under way.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will be in action against Thomaz Bellucci and Stan Wawrinka faces a tricky first match against Tomic.
Full results and updated schedule for the men's draw are available via the ATP website.
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