Brisbane Open: Tiafoe moves into second round

American Frances Tiafoe, the No 4 seed, reached the second round of the Brisbane Open by winning against Australian wildcard Adam Walton 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Tiafoe fired an incredible 13 aces and broke Walton twice to finish the match in an hour, 32 minutes.

Tiafoe, ranked No 18, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Australian Nick Kyrgios next.

Brisbane ATP 250, other first-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Novak Djokovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Gael Monfils
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Jakub Mensik vs. Mikhail Kukushkin: tuesday
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexei Popyrin (7): 6-3, 6-2
• Reilly Opelka beat Federico Agustin Gomez (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Holger Rune (3): 7-5, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (2) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Nicolas Jarry beat Mariano Navone: 7-5, 7-6 (7)
• Jordan Thompson (8) beat Matteo Berrettini: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
• Benjamin Bonzi (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (6): 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic (WC) beat David Goffin: 6-2, 6-3

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