China Open: Jarry stuns Tsitsipas to reach the second round
Nicolas Jarry defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4. He’ll face Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi in the next round
Nicolas Jarry 2024 © Norbert Scanella / Panoramic
Nicolas Jarry earend a big upset as he reached the second round of the China Open by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 4 seed, 6-4, 6-4 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.
It was the first appearances for both players since their US Open campaigns, but it was the Chilean who looked much sharped than the fourth seed, taking both sets with a single break to deservedly move in the last 16.
Jarry, ranked No 23, will face Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi 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
- Juncheng Shang vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Karen Khachanov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alexander Zverev vs. Diego Schwartzman: friday
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Cameron Norrie: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Holger Rune (3) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-4, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Tommy Paul: 6-2, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (6) beat Daniel Evans: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
- 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 beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
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