Chengdu Open: Yi Zhou books spot in second round

Chinese wildcard Yi Zhou reached the second round of the Chengdu Open when Chun-Hsin Tseng retired at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Thursday. Yi Zhou led 2-6, 6-1, 3-1 when Tseng, ranked No 121, pulled out.

The result marked Zhou’s first ATP Tour win. The 19-year-old is a former junior world No 3.

The 19-year-old Chinese will play the winner of the match between qualifier Terence Atmane and No 5 seed Adrian Mannarino next.

Chengdu ATP 250, other first-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.171.655, most recent results first):

• Roman Safiullin vs. Fabio Fognini
• Alexandre Muller vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
• Terence Atmane vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Juncheng Shang vs. Kei Nishikori
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Borna Coric
• Alibek Kachmazov vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (7) beat Fajing Sun (WC): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4
• Taro Daniel beat Lorenzo Sonego (6): 6-4, 7-5
• Lukas Klein beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (3), 6-4

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