Chengdu Open: Safiullin makes second round

Russian Roman Safiullin, the No 8 seed, edged out Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Thursday.

Safiullin, ranked No 56, will play Chinese Juncheng Shang next.

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

• Terence Atmane vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Federico Agustin Gomez (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 7-5
• Christopher O’Connell beat Pavel Kotov: 6-4, 7-5
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Juncheng Shang beat Kei Nishikori (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Borna Coric: 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4
• Alibek Kachmazov (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• 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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