China Open: Cerundolo moves into second round

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo advanced to the second round of the China Open by defeating qualifier Jakub Mensik 7-6 (4), 6-1 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

Cerundolo, ranked No 31, will face the winner of the match between Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 7 seed, and Spanish lucky loser Roberto Carballes Baena next.

Beijing ATP 500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.720.165, most recent results first):

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Andrey Rublev vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Karen Khachanov vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Zizou Bergs vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Gael Monfils vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Juncheng Shang vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Roman Safiullin (LL) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Alexander Bublik (8): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Jiri Lehecka beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Yi Zhou (WC): 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3

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