Zhuhai Open: Muller through to second round

Frenchman Alexandre Muller defeated Australian Rinky Hijikata 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Zhuhai Open at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre on Thursday.

Muller, ranked No 84, will play No 4 seed Sebastian Korda 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: thursday
• Andy Murray (7) beat Ye Cong Mo (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Cristian Garin beat Yi Zhou (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (5) beat Luke Saville (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Alex Bolt (Q) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 4-2 ret.
• Kimmer Coppejans beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Marc Polmans (Q) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Aslan Karatsev beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• 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