Vienna Open: Rublev books spot in second round, edges Popyrin

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 3 seed, reached the second round of the Vienna Open by beating Australian Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Tuesday afternoon.

Rublev, ranked No 5, will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi next.

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Vienna ATP500, other first-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, EUR 2.409.835, most recent results first):

• Ben Shelton vs. Jannik Sinner
• Gael Monfils vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Borna Gojo
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Fils
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dominic Thiem
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Daniel Evans
• Tomas Machac (Q) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-1
• Tommy Paul (6) beat Alexandre Muller (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Cameron Norrie beat Filip Misolic (Q): 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (5) beat Sebastian Ofner (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Karen Khachanov (8) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4