Qatar Open: Van de Zandschulp makes second round

Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 8 seed, reached the second round of the Qatar Open by beating Belarusian Ilya Ivashka 6-2, 7-5 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday afternoon.

Van De Zandschulp, ranked No 34, will play the winner of the match between Georgian lucky loser Nikoloz Basilashvili and French qualifier Alexandre Muller next.

Doha ATP250, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.377.025, most recent results first):

• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Abedallah Shelbayh vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Alexandre Muller
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniel Evans
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Quentin Halys: tuesday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-3
• Andy Murray (WC) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Liam Broady (Q) beat Oleksii Krutykh (Q): 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
• Christopher O’Connell beat Fernando Verdasco (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
• Jason Kubler beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (4), 1-0 ret.