Astana Open: Giron advances to second round, edges out Wawrinka in match with NO break points

American Marcos Giron moved into the second round of the Astana Open by edging out Swiss Stan Wawrinka, the No 8 seed, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) at the Daulet National Tennis Center on Thursday.

Giron, ranked No 82, will play the winner of the match between Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas and Austrian Dominic Thiem next.

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: thursday
• Alibek Kachmazov (Q) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jurij Rodionov (Q) beat Gregoire Barrere: 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Egor Gerasimov (Q) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino (6) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Nuno Borges beat Mikhail Kukushkin (WC): 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Alexander Shevchenko (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-3
• Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Laslo Djere (7): 6-3, 2-1 ret.