China Open: Griekspoor books spot in second round

Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor won against Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Thursday afternoon.

Griekspoor, ranked No 39, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, next.

Beijing ATP 500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.720.165, most recent results first):

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Andrey Rublev vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Karen Khachanov vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Gael Monfils vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Zizou Bergs vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jakub Mensik
• Juncheng Shang vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Roman Safiullin vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Alexander Bublik vs. Flavio Cobolli: thursday
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Pedro Martinez Portero: thursday
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Yi Zhou (WC): 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3