Dubai Open: Borges beats Fils to book spot in second round
Nuno Borges defeated Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Alexander Bublik and Felix Auger-Aliassime next
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Portuguese Nuno Borges advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by defeating Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 8 seed, 6-2, 6-1 at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Borges, ranked No 38, will play the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime next.
Dubai ATP 500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.237.670, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Ugo Humbert
- Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
- Alexander Bublik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Roman Safiullin vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Marin Cilic vs. Alex De Minaur
- Luca Nardi vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Zizou Bergs beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov beat Daniel Evans (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin beat Hady Habib (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Fabian Marozsan: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
