Japan Open: Top seed Fritz reaches second round, dismisses Norrie in straight sets

American Taylor Fritz, the top seed, defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Fritz, ranked No 10, will play the winner of the match between Japanese wildcard Shintaro Mochizuki and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

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Tokyo ATP500, other first-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Casper Ruud
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Diego Schwartzman: tuesday
• Alexei Popyrin beat Karen Khachanov (7): 6-4, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (4) beat Jack Draper (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1)
• Cristian Garin (Q) beat Sho Shimabukuro (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Tommy Paul (5) beat Daniel Altmaier: 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Marcos Giron (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (14), 4-6, 6-1
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Alexander Zverev (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Max Purcell: 7-5, 6-4