Dubai Open: Coric through to second round after Evans retirement

Croat Borna Coric, the No 8 seed, advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open when Daniel Evans retired on Tuesday at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Coric, ranked No 20, led 2-2 when Evans, ranked No 28, pulled out at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

The Croat will play Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis next.

Dubai ATP500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.855.495, most recent results first):

• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Alexander Bublik vs. Alexandar Lazarov
• Francesco Passaro vs. Mikael Ymer: tuesday
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Karen Khachanov (6): 7-5, 6-2
• Maxime Cressy vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: tuesday
• Christopher O’Connell (Q) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-5, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (7) beat Jiri Lehecka: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Andrey Rublev (2) beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-2
• Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Malek Jaziri (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 7-5, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Quentin Halys (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (9)