Qatar Open: Rublev too good for Bublik, moves into second round

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by winning against Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.

Rublev, ranked No 10, will play Portuguese Nuno Borges next.

Doha ATP 500, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.035.960, most recent results first):

• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Quentin Halys vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Karen Khachanov vs. Daniil Medvedev: tuesday
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tallon Griekspoor: tuesday
• Zizou Bergs vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: tuesday
• Nuno Borges beat Otto Virtanen (LL): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Alex De Minaur (2) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 7-5
• Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) beat Abdullah Shelbayh (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Luca Nardi (Q) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
• Jack Draper (8) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka beat Grigor Dimitrov (7): 6-4, 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell (Q) beat Hady Habib (WC): 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)