Chengdu Open: Safiullin sets up clash with Evans
Roman Safiullin beat Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday night. He’ll face No 4 seed Daniel Evans in the next round
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Russian Roman Safiullin defeated American Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Wednesday night.
Safiullin, ranked No 55, will face No 4 seed Daniel Evans next.
Chengdu ATP250, other first-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.152.805, most recent results first):
- Alexander Bublik vs. Marcos Giron
- Benjamin Lock vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Pavel Kotov
- Philip Sekulic vs. Nuno Borges
- Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
- Jie Cui vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Zizou Bergs vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Alibek Kachmazov
- Tao Mu vs. Corentin Moutet
- Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
