Dubai Open: Davidovich Fokina through to second round
The Spaniard will play the winner of the match between Jakub Mensik and Croat Borna Coric in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Madrid 2023 | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 seed, beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Dubai Open at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 24, will play the winner of the match between Jakub Mensik and Croat Borna Coric next.
Dubai ATP 500, other first-round matches (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2,941,785):
- Hubert Hurkacz (3) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Abdullah Shelbayh (WC): 7-5, 2-0 ret.
- Andrey Rublev (2) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (7) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Andy Murray beat Denis Shapovalov: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Sebastian Korda beat Pavel Kotov: 6-0, 6-2
- Sumit Nagal vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Jakub Mensik vs. Borna Coric
- Luca Van Assche vs. Karen Khachanov
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert
