Safiullin beats Wawrinka to book spot in China Open second round
Roman Safiullin will play Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, in the next round
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Russian lucky loser Roman Safiullin won against Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.
Safiullin, ranked No 69, will play Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, next.
Sinner defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry (4-6, 6-3, 6-1) in his previous match.
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: friday
- Juncheng Shang vs. Yunchaokete Bu: friday
- Flavio Cobolli beat Alexander Bublik (8): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Jiri Lehecka beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner 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
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