Easy for Rublev at Astana, past Djere to make second round

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, beat Serb qualifier Laslo Djere 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Astana Open at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan on Monday.

Rublev, ranked No 9, will play Chinese qualifier Zhizhen Zhang next.

Nur-Sultan ATP 500, other first-round results (most recent results first):

• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Emil Ruusuvuori: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Cristian Garin vs. Novak Djokovic: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Marin Čilić vs. Oscar Otte: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Daniil Medvedev: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Bublik: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. David Goffin: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Luca Nardi: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikhail Kukushkin: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Pavel Kotov vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Maxime Cressy vs. Karen Khachanov : Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Aslan Karatsev: 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Beibit Zhukayev (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Adrian Mannarino beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3