Qatar Open: Kwon books spot in second round

SoonWoo Kwon moved into the second round of the Qatar Open by edging out Jordanian wildcard Abedallah Shelbayh 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday evening.

Kwon, ranked No 68, will face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 7 seed, next.

Doha ATP250, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.377.025, most recent results first):

• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Jiri Lehecka: tuesday
• Alexandre Muller (Q) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Daniel Evans (6): 7-5, 6-4
• Botic van de Zandschulp (8) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 7-5
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-3
• Andy Murray (WC) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Liam Broady (Q) beat Oleksii Krutykh (Q): 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
• Christopher O’Connell beat Fernando Verdasco (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
• Jason Kubler beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (4), 1-0 ret.