Rublev battles past slumping Schwartzman in Vienna

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Vienna Open by beating Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-1 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Monday evening.

Rublev, ranked No 8, will face the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro next.

2020 Vienna champion Rublev skipped the event in 2022. He stretches his winning streak to six at the event, and has not dropped a set at the 500-level event since 2019.

Schwartzman, ranked 21, has now lost six consecutive matches on tour. He has not won since the US Open’s first round and drops to 31-25 in 2022.

Vienna ATP 500, other first-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, EUR 2.489.935, most recent results first):

• Dennis Novak vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Marcos Giron
• Cristian Garin vs. Jannik Sinner
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Pedro Cachin vs. Cameron Norrie
• Dominic Thiem vs. Tommy Paul
• Jurij Rodionov vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Oscar Otte vs. Daniel Evans
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Filip Misolic (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Taylor Fritz (4) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Borna Coric beat Quentin Halys (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-5

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