Brisbane Open: Arnaldi beats Popyrin to reach second round

Italian Matteo Arnaldi reached the second round of the Brisbane Open by winning against Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Arnaldi, ranked No 37, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez and American Reilly Opelka next.

Brisbane ATP 250, other first-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Novak Djokovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Gael Monfils
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Jakub Mensik vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Adam Walton
• Federico Agustin Gomez vs. Reilly Opelka
• Jiri Lehecka beat Holger Rune (3): 7-5, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (2) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Nicolas Jarry beat Mariano Navone: 7-5, 7-6 (7)
• Jordan Thompson (8) beat Matteo Berrettini: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
• Benjamin Bonzi (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (6): 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic (WC) beat David Goffin: 6-2, 6-3

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