Chengdu Open: Rinderknech books spot in second round

Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech won against Australian lucky loser Li Tu 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to reach the second round of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Thursday night.

Rinderknech, ranked No 67, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 5 seed, and American Marcos Giron 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
• Philip Sekulic vs. Nuno Borges
• Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
• Jie Cui vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Dusan Lajovic beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Alibek Kachmazov: thursday
• 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