Tsitsipas scores 50th win of the season as he reaches second round at Astana Open

Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, of Greece, advanced to the second round of the Astana Open with a straight-sets win over Kazakh wildcard Mikhail Kukushkin on Tuesday.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 6 in the world currently, needed an hour and 24 minutes to beat Kukushkin 6-3, 6-4 at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan.

Tuesday’s win was the 50th victory of the season in 2022, which is the third time that the Greek has reached that milestone (after 2019 and 2021).

Tsitsipas aiming to become second player after Djokovic to win titles on three surfaces in 2022

The Greek is looking to become the second player on the tour to win a title on all three (clay, grass and hard courts) surfaces this season after Novak Djokovic. Tsitsipas won titles in Mallorca (grass) and Monte-Carlo (clay) earlier in the year.

Tsitsipas will play qualifier Luca Nardi, who defeated Russian qualifier Alexander Shevchenko 7-6, 6-2 in one hour and 31 minutes.

Nur-Sultan ATP 250, first-round results:

• 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
• Luca Nardi beat Alexander Shevchenko 7-6, 6-2
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Cristian Garin vs. Novak Djokovic
• Marin Čilić vs. Oscar Otte
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Bublik
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. David Goffin

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