China Open: Musetti survives Bergs in first round
The Italian will play wildcard Yunchaokete Bu in the next round
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Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 6 seed, won against Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the second round of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.
Musetti and Bergs battled for two hours, 13 minutes as the former saved three break points and converted two.
The Italian also took advantage of the 57 unforced errors Bergs raked up during the three-setter. He managed to secure 17 points through clean winners.
Musetti, ranked No 19, will face wildcard Yunchaokete Bu 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: friday
- Roberto Bautista Agut (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Jakub Mensik (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Yunchaokete Bu 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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