Murray wins first round match at the China Open, joined by Isner

The day was successfully opened by Felix Auger-Aliassime, who coped with Albert Ramos. A Canadian broke streak of 4 lost matches and advanced to the second round at the China Open after winning 6-3 and 6-4.

John Isner joined him when he dealt with Gael Monfils in over 2 hours. One of the most interesting matches of the first round, in which two top 20 players met, showed 3 interesting sets. Isner won 6-4, 6-7 and 6-3 after scoring 22 aces.

The most anticipated match of the first round was a match between Andy Murray and Matteo Berrettini. The British managed to get to the second round in Zhuhai, but lost to Alex De Minaur later. He also started well in Beijing. In the first set he was already losing 3-5, but he was able to turn the set and won it in a 7-2 tie-break. The second set also ended in a tie-break that Murray won 9-7.

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