Dubai Open: Qualifier Cazaux moves into second round, beats Musetti
Arthur Cazaux won against Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll face Russian Andrey Rublev, the second seed, in the next round
Arthur Cazaux, 2024 © JB Autissier / Panoramic
French qualifier Arthur Cazaux advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 7-6 (2) at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday afternoon.
Cazaux, ranked No 86, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the second seed, next.
Dubai ATP 500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.941.785, most recent results first):
- Sumit Nagal vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Jakub Mensik vs. Borna Coric
- Luca Van Assche vs. Karen Khachanov: tuesday
- Christopher O’Connell beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka beat Marton Fucsovics (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- Ugo Humbert (5) beat Gael Monfils (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
- 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 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
