China Open: Cobolli edged out Bublik

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