Chengdu Open: Mpetshi Perricard reaches second round

Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 7 seed, reached the second round of the Chengdu Open by edging out Chinese wildcard Fajing Sun 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 51, will face the winner of the match between German Yannick Hanfmann and Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki next.

Chengdu ATP 250, other first-round matches (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1,171,655):

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