Chengdu Open: Kachmazov beats Kovacevic in first round

Russian qualifier Alibek Kachmazov defeated American Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 7-6 (7) to reach the second round of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Thursday.

Kachmazov, ranked No 252, will face Japanese Taro Daniel next.

Chengdu ATP 250, other first-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.171.655, most recent results first):

• Roman Safiullin vs. Fabio Fognini
• Alexandre Muller vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
• Terence Atmane vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
• Juncheng Shang vs. Kei Nishikori: thursday
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Borna Coric: thursday
• Yi Zhou (WC) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 2-6, 6-1, 3-1 ret.
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (7) beat Fajing Sun (WC): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4
• Taro Daniel beat Lorenzo Sonego (6): 6-4, 7-5
• Lukas Klein beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (3), 6-4

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