China Open: Davidovich Fokina advances to second round

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina reached the second round of the China Open by beating Chinese wildcard Yi Zhou 6-2, 6-2 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Thursday.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 25, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 8 seed, and Argentinian Diego Schwartzman next.

Beijing ATP500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.633.875, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Casper Ruud
• Alexander Zverev vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Juncheng Shang vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Karen Khachanov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Andrey Rublev vs. Cameron Norrie
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Holger Rune vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Tommy Paul vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Daniel Evans vs. Jannik Sinner
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alex De Minaur vs. Andy Murray
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-0