China Open: Kotov beats wildcard Zhou in first round
The Russian will play the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 8 seed, and Italian Flavio Cobolli in the next round
Pavel Kotov – Imago / Panoramic
Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov moved into the second round of the China Open by edging out Chinese wildcard Yi Zhou 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday.
Kotov, ranked No 63, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 8 seed, and Italian Flavio Cobolli next at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.
Beijing ATP 500, other first-round matches (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3,720,165):
- Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jakub Mensik
- Karen Khachanov vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Gael Monfils vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Zizou Bergs vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Juncheng Shang vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Roman Safiullin vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Alexander Bublik vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Jannik Sinner vs. Nicolas Jarry
