Adelaide International 1: Safiullin moves into second round

Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin reached the second round of the Adelaide International 1 by beating Swede Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-2 at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Monday.

Safiullin, ranked No 88, will play the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 7 seed, next.

Adelaide ATP250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Andrey Rublev
• Andy Murray vs. Sebastian Korda
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Jannik Sinner vs. Kyle Edmund
• Pedro Cachin vs. Karen Khachanov
• Novak Djokovic vs. Constant Lestienne
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Maxime Cressy
• SoonWoo Kwon vs. Jack Draper
• Quentin Halys beat Jordan Thompson (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Alexei Popyrin beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (2): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Holger Rune (5): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Christopher O’Connell (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-3 ret.
• Marcos Giron beat Richard Gasquet: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 7-5