Hijikata tops Kecmanovic to reach second round at Los Cabos

Australian Rinky Hijikata reached the second round of the Los Cabos Open by defeating Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 6 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (2) at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Tuesday night.

Hijikata, ranked No 79, will face qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other first-round results (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 915.245, most recent results first):

• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
• Taro Daniel vs. Marcos Giron
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: wednesday
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Emilio Nava
• Nuno Borges beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Jordan Thompson (8) beat Ernesto Escobedo (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Jack Draper: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Brandon Holt (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Max Purcell (7) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Constant Lestienne: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Evans beat Roman Safiullin (5): 6-2, 6-4

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