Dubai Open: Griekspoor maintains momentum with opening win

Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor moved into the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Frenchman Constant Lestienne 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Griekspoor, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between Serb Novak Djokovic, the top seed, and Czech qualifier Tomas Machac next.

Dubai ATP500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.855.495, most recent results first):

• Maxime Cressy vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Francesco Passaro vs. Mikael Ymer
• Karen Khachanov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Daniel Evans vs. Borna Coric
• Alexander Bublik vs. Alexandar Lazarov
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac
• Alexander Zverev vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Filip Krajinovic vs. Andrey Rublev
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Pavel Kotov
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Malek Jaziri (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Lorenzo Sonego: monday
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Quentin Halys (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (9)