China Open: Lehecka makes second round

Jiri Lehecka won against Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero 7-6 (4), 6-2 to move into the second round of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Thursday.

Lehecka, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Spanish qualifier Roberto Bautista Agut and French lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech 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
• Alexander Bublik vs. Flavio Cobolli: thursday
• 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 (Q) beat Yi Zhou (WC): 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3