Zhuhai Open: Coppejans reaches second round

Belgian Kimmer Coppejans won against American Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6 (4), 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Zhuhai Open at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre on Thursday night.

Coppejans, ranked No 186, will play the winner of the match between Chinese Juncheng Shang and American Mackenzie McDonald, the No 6 seed, next.

Zhuhai ATP250, other first-round results (Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre, hard, USD 981.785, most recent results first):

• Juncheng Shang vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Alexandre Muller vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Andy Murray vs. Ye Cong Mo
• Yi Zhou vs. Cristian Garin
• Luke Saville vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Alex Bolt vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Marc Polmans (Q) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Aslan Karatsev: thursday
• Dalibor Svrcina beat Zhe Li (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka (8) beat Terence Atmane: 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Lloyd Harris beat Jiri Vesely: 6-4, 6-2