China Open: Davidovich Fokina reaches second round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on Friday afternoon. He’ll play Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Zuma/Panoramic)
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina advanced to the second round of the China Open by beating Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday afternoon.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 64, will face Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 4 seed, next.
Beijing ATP 500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.720.165, most recent results first):
- Andrey Rublev beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (7) beat Roberto Carballes Baena (LL): 6-4, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (6) beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Jakub Mensik (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4
- 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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