Japan Open: Coric reaches second round, Nakashima next
Borna Coric beat Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday and will face American Brandon Nakashima in the next round
Borna Coric, Saint Petersbourg 2020
Croat Borna Coric, the No 9 seed, moved into the second round of the Japan Open by defeating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Coric, ranked No 28, will face American Brandon Nakashima next.
Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches :
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Steve Johnson
- James Duckworth vs. Taylor Fritz
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Hiroki Moriya vs. Yuta Shimizu
- Nick Kyrgios vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Rio Noguchi vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
- Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kamil Majchrzak
- Casper Ruud vs. Jaume Munar
- Radu Albot vs. Daniel Evans: tuesday
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Alex De Minaur (6): 6-3, 6-2
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Kaichi Uchida (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe (4) beat Yasutaka Uchiyama (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Taro Daniel: 7-5, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima beat Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Pedro Martinez beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-4
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