Zhuhai Open: Polmans books spot in second round

Qualifier Marc Polmans reached the second round of the Zhuhai Open by winning against qualifier Dane Sweeny 6-3, 6-1 at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre on Thursday night.

Polmans, ranked No 152, will face second seed Cameron Norrie 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
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Kimmer Coppejans
• Alex Bolt vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Aslan Karatsev: thursday
• 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