Qatar Open: Medvedev battles past Khachanov to make second round

No 4 seed Daniil Medvedev moved into the second round of the Qatar Open by winning against Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Medvedev, ranked No 6, will play Belgian Zizou Bergs 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
• Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Quentin Halys vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: tuesday
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
• Zizou Bergs beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• 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)