The Swiss Stan Wawrinka beat the French Jeremy Chardy, 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 28 minutes in his debut in the Doha tournament, where he starts as the first favorite.
The Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, who defeated the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, 6-3, 7-5, will be Wawrinka’s next opponent in the quarterfinals of this ATP 250 tournament.
This Wednesday, Fernando Verdasco, the only Spaniard in the table, will face Serbian Filip Krajinovic, 40 in the world, to try to get into the quarterfinals. EFE.