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yQatar Open: Qualifier Muller reaches second round
Alexandre Muller edged out Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll face Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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French qualifier Alexandre Muller advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by edging out Georgian lucky loser Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday afternoon.
Muller, ranked No 170, will face Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 8 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
- Abedallah Shelbayh vs. SoonWoo Kwon: tuesday
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Daniel Evans (6): 7-5, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 7-5
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7) 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.
