Almaty Open: Michelsen makes second round

American Alex Michelsen, the No 6 seed, moved into the second round of the Almaty Open by winning against Kazakh wildcard Beibit Zhukayev 6-2, 6-3 at Almaty Arena on Wednesday night.

Michelsen, ranked No 36, will play Australian Aleksandar Vukic next.

Almaty ATP 250, other first-round results (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.055.255, most recent results first):

• Shintaro Mochizuki beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Mackenzie McDonald: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (1), 7-6 (12)
• Brandon Nakashima (5) beat Hamad Medjedovic: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Rinky Hijikata (LL) beat Timofey Skatov (WC): 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3
• Adam Walton beat Tristan Schoolkate: 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Marko Topo (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Corentin Moutet (8) beat Bernard Tomic (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (9)
• James Duckworth (Q) beat Ugo Blanchet (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Gabriel Diallo (7) beat Amir Omarkhanov (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Fabian Marozsan beat Luca Nardi: 7-6 (3), 6-3