Astana Open: First win on Tour for Italian 19-year old Nardi; plays Tsitsipas next
Luca Nardi beat Alexander Shevchenko 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday
Italian qualifier Luca Nardi moved into the second round of the Astana Open by defeating Russian qualifier Alexander Shevchenko 7-6 (4), 6-2 at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan on Tuesday.
Nardi, aged 19 and ranked No 152, will play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 3 seed, next.
He recorded his first win on the Tour in Kazakhstan and won three Challengers title in 2022.
Nur-Sultan ATP 250, other first-round results (Daulet National Tennis Center, USD 1.900.000, most recent results first):
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Emil Ruusuvuori : Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
- Cristian Garin vs. Novak Djokovic : Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
- Marin Čilić vs. Oscar Otte : Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Daniil Medvedev : Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Bublik : Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. David Goffin : Tuesday in Nur-Sultan
- Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Mikhail Kukushkin (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Pavel Kotov (LL) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-4, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Laslo Djere (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Zhizhen Zhang (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev: 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Beibit Zhukayev (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Adrian Mannarino beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
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