Chengdu Open: Daniel reaches second round
Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday night. He’ll play the winner of the match between Australian Christopher O’Connell and Russian qualifier Alibek Kachmazov in the next round

Japanese Taro Daniel won against Australian Aleksandar Vukic, the No 8 seed, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Wednesday night.
Daniel, ranked No 95, will play the winner of the match between Australian Christopher O’Connell and Russian qualifier Alibek Kachmazov next.
Chengdu ATP250, other first-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.152.805, most recent results first):
- Philip Sekulic vs. Nuno Borges
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Alexander Bublik vs. Marcos Giron
- Zizou Bergs vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Alibek Kachmazov
- Jie Cui vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Benjamin Lock vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Pavel Kotov
- Tao Mu vs. Corentin Moutet
- Roman Safiullin vs. Brandon Nakashima