Qatar Open: Rublev too good for Bublik, moves into second round
Andrey Rublev won against Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll play Portuguese Nuno Borges in the next round
Andrey Rublev, Doha 2024
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Qatar ExxonMobil Open •Third round •
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Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by winning against Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
Rublev, ranked No 10, will play Portuguese Nuno Borges next.
Doha ATP 500, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.035.960, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Quentin Halys vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Karen Khachanov vs. Daniil Medvedev: tuesday
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tallon Griekspoor: tuesday
- Zizou Bergs vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: tuesday
- Nuno Borges beat Otto Virtanen (LL): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (2) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 7-5
- Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) beat Abdullah Shelbayh (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Luca Nardi (Q) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
- Jack Draper (8) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka beat Grigor Dimitrov (7): 6-4, 6-4
- Christopher O’Connell (Q) beat Hady Habib (WC): 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
