Hangzhou Open: Nishioka books spot in second round
The Japanese will face Marin Cilic in the next round
Yoshihito Nishioka, 2023 © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 8 seed, moved into the second round of the Hangzhou Open by winning against German Maximilian Marterer 6-4, 6-2 at the Hengqin International Tennis Center on Thursday.
Nishioka, ranked No 54, will play Croat wildcard Marin Cilic next.
Hangzhou ATP 250, other first-round results (Hengqin International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.000.630, most recent results first):
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Denis Yevseyev
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Mattia Bellucci
- Yibing Wu vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
- Corentin Moutet vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Sumit Nagal vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Marco Trungelliti
- Yunchaokete Bu vs. Hugo Gaston
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Damir Dzumhur
- Marin Cilic beat Zachary Svajda: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Mikhail Kukushkin beat Luciano Darderi (5): 6-3, 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan (7) beat Luca Nardi: 6-0, 6-2
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