Dubai Open: Tsitsipas holds off Sonego to reach second round

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 4 seed, won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Dubai Open at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 11, will face Russian Karen Khachanov next.

Dubai ATP 500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.237.670, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Ugo Humbert
• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Alexander Bublik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Roman Safiullin vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Marin Cilic vs. Alex De Minaur
• Arthur Fils vs. Nuno Borges
• Luca Nardi vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Zizou Bergs beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov beat Daniel Evans (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin beat Hady Habib (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Fabian Marozsan: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)