Astana Open: Hurkacz into second round

Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed, reached the second round of the Astana Open by winning against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo 6-2, 7-6 (2) at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan on Monday.

Hurkacz, ranked No 10, will play the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor and Kazakh Alexander Bublik next.

Nur-Sultan ATP 250, other first-round matches (Daulet National Tennis Center, USD 1.900.000, most recent results first):

• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Pavel Kotov vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Cristian Garin vs. Novak Djokovic
• Maxime Cressy vs. Karen Khachanov
• Marin Čilić vs. Oscar Otte
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Luca Nardi
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. David Goffin
• Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev: monday
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Beibit Zhukayev (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Adrian Mannarino beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3