Dubai Open: Kokkinakis gets past Halys in second-set tiebreaker

Australian wild card Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated French lucky loser Quentin Halys 6-4, 7-6(9) to advance to the second round of the Dubai Open at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Kokkinakis, ranked No 101, will play the winner of the match between Daniel Evans and Croat Borna Coric, the No 8 seed, next.

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

• Francesco Passaro vs. Mikael Ymer
• Karen Khachanov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Maxime Cressy vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Daniel Evans vs. Borna Coric
• Alexander Bublik vs. Alexandar Lazarov
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac
• Alexander Zverev vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Filip Krajinovic vs. Andrey Rublev
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Pavel Kotov
• Malek Jaziri vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Constant Lestienne: monday
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Lorenzo Sonego: monday