Griekspoor reaches second round in Dubai after Shelbayh injury

Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open when Jordanian wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh retired on Monday evening at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Griekspoor, ranked No 28, led 7-5, 2-0 when Shelbayh, ranked No 228, pulled out at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday evening.

The Dutchman will play Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 7 seed, 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
• Luca Van Assche 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
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Rublev: monday
• Alexander Bublik beat Tomas Machac (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• 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