Acapulco: Davidovich Fokina saves four match points to beat Bellucci

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Italian lucky loser Mattia Bellucci 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 to move into the second round of the Mexican Open at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Tuesday night.

Davidovich Fokina saved four consecutive match points from 6-2 down in the second-set tiebreak.

The world No 48 will next face the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 7 seed, and Frenchman Alexandre Muller.

Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round results:

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexandre Muller
• Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Arnaldi:
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez:
• Holger Rune (4) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Tommy Paul (3) beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Learner Tien (Q) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (5), 6-3
• David Goffin beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Adam Walton (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Ben Shelton (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
• Casper Ruud (2) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-3
• Tomas Machac (8) beat Jakub Mensik: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

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