Up to 5 out of 7 first day matches at the China Open ended in 2 sets, with names like Khachanov, Dimitrov and Zverev in action.
The tournament started with perhaps the most interesting match of the first round. US Open semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov and young Russian talent Andrey Rublev met. Despite the fact that most people expected a three-set battle, the Russian managed to beat Dimitrov 6-2 and 7-5 in an hour and 16 minutes.
Another Russian, Karen Khachanov, also managed to win his match. He won 6-2 and 7-6 against Pablo Cuevas. And while Zhe Li's home fans were disappointed after losing to qualifier Evans 6-3, 6-4, a smile on their faces was returned by another player from China.
Zhizhen Zhang took care of the biggest surprise of the first game day. He beat Kyle Edmund 6-4, 3-6 and 7-6 in a three-set battle. Alexander Zverev, the second seeded player, stayed on the court just for a short time when he outplayed Francis Tiafoe 6-3 and 6-2.
Day 1 results at the China Open:
| Dimitrov G. (Bul) | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Rublev A. (Rus) | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Khachanov K. (Rus) | 2 | 6 | 79 | |||||||||
| Cuevas P. (Uru) | 0 | 2 | 67 | |||||||||
| Chardy J. (Fra) | 2 | 67 | 6 | 77 | ||||||||
| Cecchinato M. (Ita) | 1 | 79 | 3 | 64 | ||||||||
| Edmund K. (Gbr) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 65 | ||||||||
| Zhang Z. (Chn) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 77 | ||||||||
| Evans D. (Gbr) | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Li Z. (Chn) | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Tiafoe F. (Usa) | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Zverev A. (Ger) | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Garin Ch. (Chi) ret. | 0 | 65 | 0 | |||||||||
| Norrie C. (Gbr) | 1 | 77 | 1 | |||||||||
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