ATP Adelaide: Bublik makes light work of McCabe

Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 8 seed, won against Australian lucky loser James McCabe 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Bublik, ranked No 31, will play the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata and Daniel Evans next.

Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• Rinky Hijikata vs. Daniel Evans: tuesday
• Jiri Lehecka (7) beat Adam Walton (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Yannick Hanfmann: 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (9)
• Jordan Thompson beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Alex Bolt (Q) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Christopher O’Connell (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (LL): 6-4, 6-3
• Dusan Lajovic beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5
• Jack Draper beat Sebastian Baez (5): 6-1, 6-3