Zhuhai Open: Murray makes second round

No 7 seed Andy Murray defeated Chinese wildcard Ye Cong Mo 7-5, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Zhuhai Open at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre on Thursday.

Murray, ranked No 41, will face Russian Aslan Karatsev 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: thursday
• Cristian Garin beat Yi Zhou (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (5) beat Luke Saville (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Alex Bolt (Q) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 4-2 ret.
• Kimmer Coppejans beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Marc Polmans (Q) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Aslan Karatsev beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• 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