Zhuhai Open: Karatsev advances to second round

Russian Aslan Karatsev defeated Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the second round of the Zhuhai Open at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre on Thursday night.

Karatsev, ranked No 63, will face the winner of the match between No 7 seed Andy Murray and Chinese wildcard Ye Cong Mo next.

Zhuhai ATP250, other first-round results (Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre, hard, USD 981.785, most recent results first):

• Juncheng Shang vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Alexandre Muller vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Andy Murray vs. Ye Cong Mo
• Yi Zhou vs. Cristian Garin
• Luke Saville vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Alex Bolt vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Kimmer Coppejans beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Marc Polmans (Q) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Dalibor Svrcina beat Zhe Li (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka (8) beat Terence Atmane: 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Lloyd Harris beat Jiri Vesely: 6-4, 6-2