Dubai Open: O’Connell books spot in second round
Christopher O’Connell beat Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play German Alexander Zverev, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by beating Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5, 6-4 at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
O’Connell, ranked No 92, will play German Alexander Zverev, the No 7 seed, next.
Dubai ATP500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.855.495, most recent results first):
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac
- Alexander Bublik vs. Alexandar Lazarov
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Francesco Passaro vs. Mikael Ymer
- Daniel Evans vs. Borna Coric
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Karen Khachanov (6): 7-5, 6-2
- Maxime Cressy vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: tuesday
- Alexander Zverev beat Jiri Lehecka: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (2) beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-2
- Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Malek Jaziri (WC): 6-2, 6-0
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 7-5, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Quentin Halys (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (9)