Hong Kong Open: Sonego moves into second round

Italian Lorenzo Sonego advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open by defeating American Brandon Nakashima, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre on Monday night.

Sonego, ranked No 53, will face Cameron Norrie next.

Hong Kong ATP 250, other first-round results (Victoria Park Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Juncheng Shang vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Francesco Passaro vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Kei Nishikori
• Jaume Munar vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Nuno Borges vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Zizou Bergs vs. Alejandro Moro Canas
• Alexandre Muller vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Cameron Norrie beat Learner Tien: 6-3, 7-5
• Fabian Marozsan beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 7-6 (9)
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Luciano Darderi (8): 6-3, 6-3