Zhuhai Open: Bolt moves into second round after Schwartzman retirement

Australian qualifier Alex Bolt reached the second round of the Zhuhai Open when Argentinian Diego Schwartzman retired on Thursday night at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre.

Bolt, ranked No 323, led 6-3, 4-2 when Schwartzman, ranked No 136, pulled out on Thursday night at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre.

The Australian will face top seed Karen Khachanov next.

Zhuhai ATP250, other first-round results (Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre, hard, USD 981.785, most recent results first):

• Juncheng Shang vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Andy Murray vs. Ye Cong Mo
• Alexandre Muller vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Yi Zhou vs. Cristian Garin: thursday
• Luke Saville vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: thursday
• Kimmer Coppejans beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Marc Polmans (Q) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Aslan Karatsev beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Dalibor Svrcina beat Zhe Li (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka (8) beat Terence Atmane: 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Lloyd Harris beat Jiri Vesely: 6-4, 6-2