PARIS -- Gilles Simon rallied to beat Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in an all-French match in the first round of the Paris Masters on Monday. Cheap NFL Store .In their ninth career meeting dating back to 2007, Simon cracked Benneteaus resistance in a tense first game of the deciding set and won the next three to go 4-0 up.Juliens a very good player and you always have to be wary of him, Simon said. It was a tough match and Im glad I reacted well to get through.Benneteau had won three of their past four meetings, but Simon is now 5-4 ahead.He saved seven of eight break points and broke Benneteau three times -- twice in the deciding set.The 23rd-ranked Simon has reached the Shanghai Masters semifinals and the Miami Masters quarterfinals this season.Im trying to finish the season strongly, the 31-year-old Simon said. Its always good to finish well to get things going for next year.He next faces 10th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut and leads the Spaniard 3-1 overall.Bautista Agut is one of seven players in Paris vying for the two remaining spots at the season-ending ATP finals in London.Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic, who won the Swiss Indoors on Sunday, had the last two places heading to Paris.Tomas Berdych, David Goffin, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Lucas Pouille and Bautista Agut are the other contenders and are also playing here.Berdych, who won the 2005 Paris Masters, must reach the semifinals to qualify. He faces Portugals Joao Sousa on Tuesday and could then face Bautista Agut in the third round.Tsonga faces Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who downed 36-year-old Frenchman Stephane Robert 6-1, 6-4 in Mondays last match.Earlier, Frenchman Benoit Paires 14 aces were not enough as Italian Paolo Lorenzi won 6-4, 7-6 (4).Lorenzi took his only chance on Paires serve in the first set and saved the one break point he faced in the second. He plays 16th-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay.Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain downed Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-1 and faces fourth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada, who is feeling the effects of an ankle injury that forced him to withdraw ahead of his China Open semifinal three weeks ago.Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, an Australian Open finalist 10 years ago, won 6-2, 6-4 against Paul-Henri Mathieu and faces 14th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.American Steve Johnson had eight aces in a 6-4, 7-5 win against Guido Pella of Argentina, setting up a match against 12th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet.Sousa saved all six chances on his serve as he beat Italian Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-4, while German Jan-Lennard Struff did not concede a single chance on serve in a 6-1, 6-1 win against Illya Marchenko.Spaniard Fernando Verdasco was up 6-2, 3-2 against Robin Haase when the Dutchman retired with a left hip injury.Verdasco is up against second-ranked Andy Murray, who will move top of the world rankings if he wins the tournament and Novak Djokovic does not reach the final.Djokovic, whose 66 career titles include a record 30 in Masters tournaments, is chasing his fourth straight title in Paris and fifth overall.The Serb opens against either Nicolas Almagro of Spain or Gilles Muller, who play their first-round match late on Tuesday.Djokovic leads Almagro 4-0 and Muller 3-0 in career meetings, while Murray is 11-1 against Verdasco.There are two other American players in Tuesdays remaining first-round action.Big-serving John Inser takes on Mischa Zverev -- seven years after their other meeting -- and Jack Sock plays Philipp Kohlschreiber for the first time. 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He opted against trying for a field goal with the score tied at 28 early in the fourth quarter, explaining afterward he didnt think a field goal would be enough.But fourth-and-goal with the ball on the 1-yard line, Notre Dame (1-3) with no timeouts and 1:27 on the clock, he said he didnt hesitate to turn to Reed. The result was a 38-35 upset of Notre Dame on Saturday.That unit there, they believe in him and hes got a lot of talent. I know when it came down there at the end -- the field goal -- there was no doubt in my mind he was going to make it, he said.Reed said he knew his teammates were behind him.They were all telling me that they had my back and that they knew I was going to get it done for them, he said.The kick made for a devastating second straight home loss for Notre Dame, which started the season ranked No. 10 with hopes of vying for a playoff spot. Coach Brian Kelly said afterward that nearly every position will be up for grabs and said he might consider playing quarterback Brandon Wimbush, who he had hoped to redshirt.I told our guys essentially that were going in the wrong direction. Were not going to continue to go in this direction. Well have to re-evaluate what were doing, who were doing it with, and how were doing it, he said.Daniel Jones threw for three touchdowns, including a 64-yard scoring pass to Anthony Nash midway through the fourth quarter to tie the score as Duke (2-2) beat the Irish for just the second time in five tries. The first win was in their first meeting, a 9-7 victory in Durham, North Carolina, in 1958. Jones was 24 of 32 passing for 290 yards and Duke rushed for 208 yards.I think we were, as a team, executing at such a high level. We werent perfect by any stretch, but overall, we were executing more consistently thhan we had been, Jones said. Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic. Shaun Wilson returned a kickoff 96 yards for a score to spark the Blue Devils after Notre Dame, which had struggled with big deficits in two earlier losses , jumped to a 14-0 lead.The Irish defense continued to struggle, giving up 30 or more points against Power Five teams for the seventh time in their last nine games. The student section chanted Fire VanGorder, referring to defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder.Kelly, who talked about his frustration with the play of the defense a week earlier, said the coaching of the defense is one of the few areas he wasnt disappointed in. He said Duke was grittier and more determined than the Irish.THE TAKEAWAYDuke: The Blue Devils defense continued to struggle to stop big plays, allowing 10 passes of 20 yards or more. But they came up with the big plays when they had to, forcing three turnovers while allowing one.Notre Dame: The Irish came out with the sense of urgency Kelly preached all week after falling behind by double digits in losses to Texas and Michigan State, jumping to a 14-0 lead. But they couldnt keep the momentum going, and struggled to do anything consistently well.QUOTABLEIn order to move forward from here theres going to have to be some changes. What were doing isnt working right now, said Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer.INJURY UPDATECutcliffe said Duke safety DeVon Edwards, who has six career kickoff returns for touchdowns and led the Blue Devils in tackles with 28 heading into the game, likely sustained a season-ending knee injury on a kickoff.UP NEXTDuke: After back-to-back trips to the Midwest, the Blue Devils return home to face Virginia, a team it has beaten in six of their last eight meetings.Notre Dame: The Irish travel to East Rutherford, New Jersey, to play Syracuse, the first of three neutral-site games they will play this season.---Online: The APs college football page: http://collegfootball.ap.org ' ' '