Khachanov, who claimed his fifth title - and first in five years - at the Zhuhai Championships at the end of September, has made a triumphant return to form after a stress fracture suffered at the French Open kept him out of the game for two months.
Karen Khachanov eased past Roman Safiullin 6-4 6-4 in a first career meeting between the two Russians in the first round. As the ATP Tour Finals in Turin approach, the superstars of today and champions of tomorrow meet in Basel for one of the world’s most important indoor tournaments and Switzerland’s biggest tennis event of the year. Like Murray, Norrie was recovering from a fruitless swing to Asia having fallen at the first stage in Beijing and Shanghai, as well as last week's Japan Open in Tokyo. Norrie, who came into the match having won just one of his last eight matches, had to scrap through a tight first-set tie-break and was hauled back in the second set by the plucky home favourite before battling through 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 6-3. Open Privacy Optionsīritish No 1 Cameron Norrie was given a tough time by Austria's world No 169 Filip Misolic before edging into round two in the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.
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