Medvedev overcomes Monfils in China Open first round

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, moved into the second round of the China Open by beating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

It was double-faults galore as Medvedev and Monfils showed jitters in their swings, netting eight and six second serves, respectively.

The match extended beyond 90 minutes as the Russian secured the match point after having hit only two aces and four winners.

Medvedev, ranked No 5, will play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 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: friday
• Zizou Bergs vs. Lorenzo Musetti: friday
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Jakub Mensik (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4
• 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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