Qatar Open: Medvedev battles past Khachanov to make second round
Daniil Medvedev defeated Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. He’ll face Belgian Zizou Bergs in the next round
Tennis – ATP 250 – Qatar Open – Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar – February 24, 2023 Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in action during his semi final match against Canada’s Felix Auger Aliassime (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Qatar ExxonMobil Open •Third round •
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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)
