Marrakech Open: Cobolli advances to second round
Flavio Cobolli won against Abdullah Shelbayh 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday. He’ll face Russian Pavel Kotov in the next round
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Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 8 seed, reached the second round of the Marrakech Open by defeating Jordanian wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh 6-1, 6-4 at Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech on Tuesday.
Cobolli, ranked No 63, will play Russian Pavel Kotov next.
Marrakech ATP 250, other first-round results (Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- David Goffin vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Matteo Gigante vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Fabio Fognini vs. Hugo Gaston
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Corentin Moutet vs. Sumit Nagal: tuesday
- Mariano Navone (7) beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Pavel Kotov beat Elliot Benchetrit (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Jaume Munar beat Luca Van Assche: 7-6 (3), 6-2
