Almaty Open: Virtanen beats Fognini to make second round
Otto Virtanen beat Fabio Fognini in straight sets on Tuesday. He’ll face No 3 seed Karen Khachanov in the next round
Fabio Fognini in Austria, 2023 (Gena/Panoramic)
Finn Otto Virtanen moved into the second round of the Almaty Open by winning against Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 7-6 (4) at Almaty Arena on Tuesday.
Virtanen, ranked No 116, will face No 3 seed Karen Khachanov next.
Almaty ATP 250, other first-round results (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.036.700, most recent results first):
- Timofey Skatov vs. Tomas Machac
- James Duckworth vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Taro Daniel vs. Daniel Evans
- Benjamin Hassan vs. Beibit Zhukayev
- Gabriel Diallo beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Adrian Mannarino (8) beat Roman Safiullin: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Maximilian Marterer beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-5, 6-4
- Justin Engel (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong: 7-5, 6-4
