China Open: Cobolli edged out Bublik
Flavio Cobolli edged out Alexander Bublik 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Thursday afternoon and will play Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov in the next round
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Italian Flavio Cobolli reached the second round of the China Open by edging out Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 8 seed, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Thursday.
Cobolli, ranked No 32, will play Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov next.
Beijing ATP 500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.720.165, most recent results first):
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Karen Khachanov vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Gael Monfils vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Zizou Bergs vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jakub Mensik
- Juncheng Shang vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Roman Safiullin vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Jiri Lehecka beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Pavel Kotov beat Yi Zhou (WC): 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
