Japan Open: Hurkacz advances to second round
Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, the second seed, advanced to the second round of the Japan Open by edging out American Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Hurkacz, ranked No 8, will face the winner of the match between Jack Draper and Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci next.
Hurkacz hit 17 aces during the match. The Pole had earlier announced that he would be donating 100 Euros for every ace he hit from now till the end of the season towards those affected by the floods in Poland.
Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1,818,380):
- Matteo Berrettini beat Botic van de Zandschulp (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Mariano Navone beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4
- Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson
- Marin Cilic vs. Kei Nishikori
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Holger Rune
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Fils
- Alex Michelsen vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
- Reilly Opelka vs. Ben Shelton
- Jack Draper vs. Mattia Bellucci
- Tommy Paul vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Ugo Humbert
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