Almaty Open: Vukic into second round to face Mannarino
The Australian won against countryman James Duckworth 6-4, 7-5 in the first round on Wednesday
Aleksandar Vukic (Icon SMI/Panoramic)
Aleksandar Vukic reached the second round of the Almaty Open by winning against James Duckworth 6-4, 7-5 at Almaty Arena on Wednesday.
This was Vukic’s second win in three professional clashes against Duckworth.
Vukic, ranked No 85, will face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the No 8 seed, next. The Frenchman leads their overall head-to-head on the pro circuit by 2-1 but Vukic won their most recent encounter; in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open this year in three sets.
Almaty ATP 250, other first-round matches (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1,036,700):
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Zhizhen Zhang (6): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Daniel Evans (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Beibit Zhukayev (WC) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Otto Virtanen beat Fabio Fognini: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Gabriel Diallo beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Adrian Mannarino beat Roman Safiullin: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Maximilian Marterer beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-5, 6-4
- Justin Engel (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong: 7-5, 6-4
- Timofey Skatov vs. Tomas Machac
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