Zhuhai Open: Nishioka books spot in second round

Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 8 seed, moved into the second round of the Zhuhai 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.

Zhuhai 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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