Dubai Open: O’Connell makes second round

Australian Christopher O’Connell advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against German qualifier Maximilian Marterer 6-2, 6-4 at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

O’Connell, ranked No 68, will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 3 seed, next.

Dubai ATP 500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.941.785, most recent results first):

• Sumit Nagal vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Jakub Mensik vs. Borna Coric
• Luca Van Assche vs. Karen Khachanov: tuesday
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Arthur Cazaux: tuesday
• Jiri Lehecka beat Marton Fucsovics (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
• Ugo Humbert (5) beat Gael Monfils (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
• Hubert Hurkacz beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6)
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Abdullah Shelbayh (WC): 7-5, 2-0 ret.
• Andrey Rublev (2) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4
• Alexander Bublik (7) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Andy Murray beat Denis Shapovalov: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Sebastian Korda beat Pavel Kotov: 6-0, 6-2