Zhuhai Open: Svrcina moves into second round

Dalibor Svrcina won against Chinese wildcard Zhe Li 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Zhuhai Open at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre on Wednesday afternoon.

Svrcina, ranked No 167, will face the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Luke Saville and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 5 seed, 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
• Marc Polmans vs. Dane Sweeny
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Yoshihito Nishioka (8) beat Terence Atmane: 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Lloyd Harris beat Jiri Vesely: 6-4, 6-2