Qatar Open: Kotov makes second round

Russian Pavel Kotov won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Monday.

Kotov, ranked No 64, will play No 3 seed Ugo Humbert next.

Doha ATP 250, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.395.875, most recent results first):

• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hugo Grenier
• Gael Monfils vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Jakub Mensik vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Alexandre Muller vs. Andy Murray
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Richard Gasquet
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Abdullah Shelbayh
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Vit Kopriva
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Lorenzo Musetti