Almaty Open: Virtanen beats Fognini to make second round

Otto Virtanen beat Fabio Fognini in straight sets on Tuesday. He’ll face No 3 seed Karen Khachanov in the next round

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini in Austria, 2023 (Gena/Panoramic)
Almaty Open •Third round • completed
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Finn Otto Virtanen moved into the second round of the Almaty Open by winning against Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 7-6 (4) at Almaty Arena on Tuesday.

Virtanen, ranked No 116, will face No 3 seed Karen Khachanov next.

Almaty ATP 250, other first-round results (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.036.700, most recent results first):

  • Timofey Skatov vs. Tomas Machac
  • James Duckworth vs. Aleksandar Vukic
  • Alexander Shevchenko vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
  • Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
  • Taro Daniel vs. Daniel Evans
  • Benjamin Hassan vs. Beibit Zhukayev
  • Gabriel Diallo beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (5), 6-2
  • Adrian Mannarino (8) beat Roman Safiullin: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
  • Borna Coric beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
  • Maximilian Marterer beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-5, 6-4
  • Justin Engel (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong: 7-5, 6-4

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