China Open: Dimitrov recovers to edge past McDonald and into the second round

Grigor Dimitrov had to fight back from a set down to get past American wildcard Mackenzie McDonald, eventually coming through 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 to reach the second round of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.

Dimitrov, ranked No 19, faces a tough challenge in his next match where he will play the winner of the match between Dane Holger Rune, the No 3 seed, and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.

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
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Andrey Rublev vs. Cameron Norrie
• Holger Rune vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: friday
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Tommy Paul: 6-2, 6-1
• Daniel Evans vs. Jannik Sinner: friday
• Alex De Minaur beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yi Zhou (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• 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