China Open: Rublev recovers from set down to beat Norrie and reach second round

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, edged out Cameron Norrie 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.

Rublev, ranked No 6, will play Frenchman Ugo Humbert next.

Beijing ATP500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.633.875, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Casper Ruud
• Juncheng Shang vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Karen Khachanov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Alexander Zverev vs. Diego Schwartzman: friday
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: friday
• Holger Rune (3) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-4, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Tommy Paul: 6-2, 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Daniel Evans: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Alex De Minaur beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yi Zhou (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-0