Zhuhai Open: Shevchenko books spot in second round

Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko reached the second round of the Zhuhai Open by defeating Argentinian qualifier Marco Trungelliti 6-1, 6-1 at the Hengqin International Tennis Center on Thursday.

Shevchenko, ranked No 58, will face Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin 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
• Yibing Wu vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Mattia Bellucci
• James McCabe vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
• Corentin Moutet vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• 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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