Dubai Open: Bublik reaches second round

Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 7 seed, reached the second round of the Dubai Open by edging out qualifier Tomas Machac 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday afternoon.

Bublik, ranked No 23, will play the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor and Jordanian wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh next.

Dubai ATP 500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.941.785, most recent results first):

• Sumit Nagal vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Jakub Mensik vs. Borna Coric
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Karen Khachanov
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Abdullah Shelbayh
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Rublev
• Andy Murray beat Denis Shapovalov: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Sebastian Korda beat Pavel Kotov: 6-0, 6-2