Zhuhai Open: Moutet loses to Carballes Baena in his opener

Frenchman Corentin Moutet lost to Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6 (6), 6-1 in the first round of the Zhuhai Open at the Hengqin International Tennis Center on Thursday.

Carballes Baena, ranked No 55, will play lucky loser Mitchell Krueger 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
• James McCabe vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama: thursday
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Marco Trungelliti (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Hugo Gaston: 7-5, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata beat Damir Dzumhur: 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Yoshihito Nishioka (8) beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-4, 6-2
• Marin Cilic (WC) 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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