Dubai Open: Medvedev begins quest for three in a row, into second round

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Italian lucky loser Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-2 at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Medvedev, ranked No 7, will play Kazakh Alexander Bublik next.

The Russian has won back-to-back titles, in Rotterdam and then Qatar, and will be seeking to add a third to his tally this week.

This victory was his tenth win in a row.

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
• Alexander Bublik beat Alexandar Lazarov (Q): 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Mikael Ymer beat Francesco Passaro (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Borna Coric (8) beat Daniel Evans: 2-2 ret.
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Karen Khachanov (6): 7-5, 6-2
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (4) beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3
• 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 (WC) beat Quentin Halys (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (9)