Astana Open: Kotov makes second round, defeating Davidovich Fokina

Russian lucky loser Pavel Kotov won against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Astana Open at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan on Tuesday.

Kotov, ranked No 103, will play Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut next. Bautista Augut eliminated Felix Auger-Aliassime on Monday.

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Nur-Sultan ATP 250, other first-round matches (Daulet National Tennis Center, USD 1.900.000, most recent results first):

• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Cristian Garin vs. Novak Djokovic
• Marin Čilić vs. Oscar Otte
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Bublik
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. David Goffin
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Luca Nardi
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
• Karen Khachanov beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Laslo Djere (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Zhizhen Zhang (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev: 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Beibit Zhukayev (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Adrian Mannarino beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3

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