Astana Open: Zhang books spot in second round
Zhizhen Zhang won against Aslan Karatsev 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday night and will face the winner of the match between Serb qualifier Laslo Djere and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Chinese qualifier Zhizhen Zhang reached the second round of the Astana Open by winning against Russian Aslan Karatsev 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan on Monday night.
Zhang, ranked No 126, will play the winner of the match between Serb qualifier Laslo Djere and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, next.
Nur-Sultan ATP 250, other first-round results (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
- Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Beibit Zhukayev (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Adrian Mannarino beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
