Dubai Open: Sonego makes second round

Italian Lorenzo Sonego reached the second round of the Dubai Open by defeating Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-5, 6-3 at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Sonego, ranked No 67, will play the winner of the match between American Maxime Cressy and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 4 seed, next.

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

• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac
• Alexander Bublik vs. Alexandar Lazarov
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Francesco Passaro vs. Mikael Ymer
• Daniel Evans vs. Borna Coric
• Karen Khachanov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: tuesday
• Maxime Cressy vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: tuesday
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Christopher O’Connell: tuesday
• Alexander Zverev (7) beat Jiri Lehecka: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Andrey Rublev (2) beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-2
• Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Malek Jaziri (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Quentin Halys (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (9)