Aussie qualifier Chris O’Connell has made it via to the second spherical of the Dubai Open by beating Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 6-4.
The victory means Sydney’s O’Connell will subsequent play Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the No.7 seed.
O’Connell, 28, took a grip on the match when he broke within the eleventh recreation of the primary set after which held to take it 7-5.
Although O’Connell, the world No.92, is ranked nearly 40 locations under his Finnish opponent, he served a formidable 11 aces and dropped serve simply as soon as on his option to victory.
The win follows an excellent exhibiting final week in Doha, the place he was edged out in three units by the present world No.7 Daniil Medvedev.
Zverev fought again from a set all the way down to beat Czech Jiri Lehecka in three.
Medvedev, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Novak Djokovic all made it via on Tuesday however the world No.1 needed to depend on a tiebreaker to beat world No.130 Tomas Machac, of the Czech Republic, 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-1).
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
