Qatar Open: Popyrin advances to second round
Alexei Popyrin edged out Abdullah Shelbayh 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 8 seed, and French qualifier Hugo Grenier in the next round
Australian Alexei Popyrin moved into the second round of the Qatar Open by edging out Jordanian wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Monday evening.
Popyrin, ranked No 46, will play the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 8 seed, and French qualifier Hugo Grenier next.
Doha ATP 250, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.395.875, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alexandre Muller vs. Andy Murray
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hugo Grenier
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Richard Gasquet
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Jakub Mensik vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Fabian Marozsan beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (6)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Lorenzo Musetti (7): 6-2, 6-0
- Pavel Kotov beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 7-5
