Mannarino records 300th win, advances to Beijing R2

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a celebrated a landmark 300th win on the ATP Tour on Thursday as he rallied to defeat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-sonego/su87/overview'Lorenzo Sonego/a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 and advance to the second round at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/beijing/747/overview'China Open/a. /p

pThe No. 44 in the PIF ATP Rankings converted three of his six break points, according to Infosys ATP Stats, to record victory in one hour and 57 minutes. He extended his Lexus ATP Head2Head against the Italian to 3-2, having won the past three matches against his opponent. /p

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pMannarino became the 12th Frenchman in the Open Era to achieve the milestone. span style="color: #000000;" dir="ltr" class="ui-provider ec bkm bkn bko bkp bkq bkr bks bkt bku bkv bkw bkx bky bkz bla blb blc bld ble blf blg blh bli blj blk bll blm bln blo blp blq blr bls blt"The former No. 17 player, who reached the semi-finals on hard courts at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/dallas/424/overview'Dallas Open/a earlier this year, earned his first tour-level win in October 2008, when he beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andreas-seppi/sa93/overview'Andreas Seppi/a in Metz./spannbsp;/p

pThe 36-year-old has returned to compete in Beijing for the first time since 2016, when he suffered a second-round loss to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a. He made his debut at the event in 2015, falling in the opening round to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yen-hsun-lu/l575/overview'Yen-Hsun Lu/a. /p

pThe Frenchman will face either compatriot a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a or third seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a in the next round in Beijing. /p

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