Qatar Open: Draper returns with win over Popyrin to make second round
Jack Draper defeated Alexei Popyrin 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Monday evening and will face Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell in the next round
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No 8 seed Jack Draper won against Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-2, 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
Draper, ranked No 16, will play Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell next.
Doha ATP 500, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.035.960, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Quentin Halys vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Andrey Rublev vs. Alexander Bublik
- Karen Khachanov vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Zizou Bergs vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Roman Safiullin vs. Alex De Minaur
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Abdullah Shelbayh
- Otto Virtanen vs. Nuno Borges
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Luca Nardi
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka beat Grigor Dimitrov (7): 6-4, 6-4
- Christopher O’Connell beat Hady Habib (WC): 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
