Dubai Open: Mensik through to second round
Jakub Mensik edged out Borna Coric 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday and will play Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Jakub Mensik in Doha (Imago/Panoramic)
Jakub Mensik edged out Croat Borna Coric 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) to reach the second round of the Dubai Open at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Mensik saved one match point during this match – his first-ever encounter against Coric.
Mensik, ranked No 87, will play Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 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: tuesday
- Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 7-5
- Karen Khachanov (4) beat Luca Van Assche (LL): 6-2, 6-3
- Christopher O’Connell beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Arthur Cazaux (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- 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 beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
- Hubert Hurkacz (3) 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
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