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Roman Safiullin is ranked 84th in the ATP world rankings, Angelo Cobolli is seventh. The Beijing tournament is classified as an ATP 500 tournament with a prize fund of over $4 million.
Russian tennis player Roman Safiullin beat Italian Cobolli, ranked seventh in the ranking, at the start of the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing.
The first round meeting ended with a score of 6:3, 6:2 in favor of Safiullin.
MOSCOW, October 1 - RIA Novosti. Russian tennis player Roman Safiullin, ranked 84th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, beat world number seven Italian Cobolli at the start of the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing, the prize fund of which exceeds $4 million.
The first round meeting ended with a score of 6:3, 6:2 in favor of the Russian. The athletes spent 1 hour and 24 minutes on the court.

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