The Beijing tournament begins with a major surprise: a top 5, on the street

Major surprise to start the tournament Beijing. The second seed, Felix Auger-Aliassime said goodbye this Wednesday at the first change after losing to Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-3 in the match that opened the day.

It is the second consecutive victory for the Russian over the Canadianwhom he already surpassed a month ago in the second round of a US Open where he reached the semifinals.

Khachanov managed the only break of the first set, although he was helped by Auger-Aliassime’s 11 unforced errors.

In the second set, the Russian broke the Canadian’s serve in the third game and he did it again in the last game of the game with four consecutive points.

Now Khachanov will face the winner of the match against the Frenchman in the second round Arthur Rinderknech and to Slovak Alex Molcancoming from the previous phase.

The star match of the day will be the one that faces, starting at 1:00 p.m. Spanish time, the sixth seed, Novak Djokovicwho is playing his first match since his defeat in the first round of the US Open on August 31, against the Portuguese Nuno Borges.