Qatar Open: O’Connell makes second round

Australian Christopher O’Connell reached the second round of the Qatar Open by defeating Spanish wildcard Fernando Verdasco 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Monday.

O’Connell, ranked No 94, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 5 seed, and Hungarian Marton Fucsovics next.

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

• Abedallah Shelbayh vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Alexandre Muller
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniel Evans
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Quentin Halys
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Constant Lestienne
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Andy Murray
• Oleksii Krutykh vs. Liam Broady
• Jason Kubler beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (4), 1-0 ret.