Astana Open: Borges reaches second round

Portuguese Nuno Borges edged out Kazakh wildcard Mikhail Kukushkin 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4 to move into the second round of the Astana Open at the Daulet National Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon.

Borges, ranked No 86, will face the winner of the match between Australian Alexei Popyrin and American Sebastian Korda, the No 5 seed, next.

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Astana ATP250, other first-round results (Daulet National Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.017.850, most recent results first):

• Marton Fucsovics vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Sebastian Korda
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Dominic Thiem
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Marcos Giron
• Alibek Kachmazov vs. Corentin Moutet
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Jurij Rodionov
• Egor Gerasimov vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Alexander Shevchenko (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-3
• Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Laslo Djere (7): 6-3, 2-1 ret.