Rotterdam Open: Dimitrov advances to second round in straight sets over Karatsev
Grigor Dimitrov won against Aslan Karatsev 6-1, 6-3 on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the next round
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 21, 2023 Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in action during his third round match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov advanced to the second round of the Rotterdam Open by winning against qualifier Aslan Karatsev 6-1, 6-3 at the Rotterdam Ahoy on Monday.
Dimitrov, ranked No 28, will face the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut next.
Rotterdam ATP250, other first-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.074.505, most recent results first):
- Alex De Minaur vs. Andrey Rublev
- Tim van Rijthoven vs. Maxime Cressy
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Quentin Halys
- Holger Rune vs. Constant Lestienne
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Jannik Sinner
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Mikael Ymer vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- SoonWoo Kwon vs. Alexander Zverev
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Gijs Brouwer vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- David Goffin vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Alexander Bublik
- Richard Gasquet beat Pablo Carreno Busta (7): 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
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