Qatar Open: Qualifier Muller reaches second round

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.