Chengdu Open: O’Connell books spot in second round
Christopher O’Connell defeated Alibek Kachmazov 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Thursday night. He’ll face Japanese Taro Daniel in the next round
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Australian Christopher O’Connell reached the second round of the Chengdu Open by beating Russian qualifier Alibek Kachmazov 7-6 (3), 6-4 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Thursday night.
O’Connell, ranked No 53, will play Japanese Taro Daniel next.
Chengdu ATP250, other first-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.152.805, most recent results first):
- Alexander Bublik vs. Marcos Giron
- Benjamin Lock vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Pavel Kotov
- Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
- Philip Sekulic vs. Nuno Borges
- Jie Cui vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: thursday
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Li Tu (LL): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6)
- Dusan Lajovic beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Corentin Moutet beat Tao Mu (WC): 6-2, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 6-4
- Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
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