First negative day for the Italians at the ATP 250 in Doha: Lorenzo Sonego and Lorenzo Musetti were eliminated in the first round.
Sonego, n.48 ATP, was beaten by the Russian Pavel Kotov, n.65 in the ranking.
6-2, 7-5, while Musetti, n.26 in the ranking and 7 in the seeding, was defeated by the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, n.47 ATP who won with a score of 6-2, 6-0.
Giulio Zeppieri, promoted from the qualifiers and will face the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori, n.43 in the ranking, will make his debut in the main draw tomorrow.
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