Astana Open: Egor Gerasimov into second round
Egor Gerasimov beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Thursday night. He’ll play No 4 seed Jiri Lehecka in the next round

Belarusian qualifier Egor Gerasimov won against Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Astana Open at the Daulet National Tennis Center on Thursday night.
Egor Gerasimov will face No 4 seed Jiri Lehecka next.
Astana ATP250, other first-round results (Daulet National Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.017.850, most recent results first):
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Sebastian Korda
- Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Dominic Thiem
- Sho Shimabukuro vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Marcos Giron
- Alibek Kachmazov vs. Corentin Moutet
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Jurij Rodionov: thursday
- Adrian Mannarino (6) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Nuno Borges beat Mikhail Kukushkin (WC): 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Alexander Shevchenko (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-3
- Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Laslo Djere (7): 6-3, 2-1 ret.