China Open: Bu through to second round
Yunchaokete Bu edged out Juncheng Shang 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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Wildcard Yunchaokete Bu advanced to the second round of the China Open by edging out Juncheng Shang, the 2024 Chengdu Open champion, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.
Bu, ranked No 96, will face the winner of the match between Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 6 seed, next.
Beijing ATP 500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.720.165, most recent results first):
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Karen Khachanov vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Zizou Bergs vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Gael Monfils vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Jakub Mensik (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Roman Safiullin (LL) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli beat Alexander Bublik (8): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Jiri Lehecka beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Yi Zhou (WC): 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
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