China Open: Rune beats Auger-Aliassime for first win since Wimbledon, makes second round in Beijing

Holger Rune has won his first tennis match since Wimbledon over two months ago beating struggling Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-4 to move into the second round of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.

It was an intriguing encounter on paper, as two supremely talented young prospects currently enduring difficult patches of form, met in Asia for the first time.

Ultimately, however, the Dane proved he is the player who is very much back on track, with a polished and professional performance against a subdued Auger-Aliassime.

Rune, ranked No 4, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next after he came through his first-round match against Mackenzie McDonald of the United States.

Beijing ATP500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.633.875, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Casper Ruud
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Alexander Zverev vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Juncheng Shang vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Karen Khachanov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Andrey Rublev vs. Cameron Norrie: friday
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Tommy Paul: 6-2, 6-1
• Daniel Evans vs. Jannik Sinner: friday
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Alex De Minaur beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yi Zhou (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-0