Pune Open: Karatsev moves into second round
Aslan Karatsev defeated Pablo Andujar 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday and will play Dutchman Tim van Rijthoven in the next round
Aslan Karatsev – Melbourne 2021
Russian Aslan Karatsev, the No 8 seed, beat Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Pune Open at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex on Tuesday.
Karatsev, ranked No 59, will face Dutchman Tim van Rijthoven next.
Pune ATP250, other first-round results (Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex, hard, USD 713.495, most recent results first):
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Mukund Sasikumar
- Maximilian Marterer (Q) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Tim van Rijthoven beat Radu Albot: 6-4, 6-4
- Pedro Martinez beat Ramkumar Ramanathan (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Filip Krajinovic (6) beat Sumit Nagal (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Marco Cecchinato beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 6-2, 6-2
- Laslo Djere beat Alex Molcan (5): 6-2, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Jaume Munar (7): 6-4, 7-5
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-0, 6-3
- Michael Mmoh beat Manas Manoj Dhamne (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-5
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Enjoying this format but not happy about last nights doubles match, having to watch other nations singles when when the Aussies.doubles match was only highlites .. this is Australia would be nice to see the whole game. After all there are 4 channels & all playing the same match. Not happy.