Italy’s Matteo Berrettini beat 14th seed Brandon Nakashima of the United States 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8) in the first round of the Rolex Paris Masters on Tuesday, his first win at the event. The Italian, ranked No. 43, will face Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the second round.

Paris was the only Masters 1000 tournament where Berrettini had yet to win a match, according to the ATP. He has now won at least one match at all nine.

Berrettini edges Nakashima in a final-set tie-break

Berrettini took the opening set 6-4 on Court 2 and Nakashima levelled 6-3. The Italian won the deciding tie-break 10-8.

He now leads Nakashima 2-1 in their meetings, after a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-3 win at the 2022 Australian Open. Nakashima had won their last meeting 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the first round in Shanghai this season.

Berrettini reached the quarter-finals in Vienna last week, after Flavio Cobolli retired against him trailing 5-2 in the first set of their second-round match.

Nakashima, a finalist in Brisbane and at the Montreal Masters this season, was bidding for a main-draw win at an eighth different Masters 1000 event.

Humbert, the 2024 runner-up, beat Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-3 on Monday and could meet second seed Carlos Alcaraz in the third round.