Japan Open: Machac beats Popyrin to move into second round
The Czech will face American Tommy Paul, the No 5 seed, in the next round
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Tomas Machac edged out Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Thursday.
Machac, ranked No 34, will face American Tommy Paul, the No 5 seed, next.
Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1,818,380:
- Alex Michelsen (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Yoshihito Nishioka (WC) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Jack Draper beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Tommy Paul beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert beat Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Hubert Hurkacz (2) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Matteo Berrettini beat Botic van de Zandschulp (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Mariano Navone beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4
- Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson
- Marin Cilic vs. Kei Nishikori
- Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Fils
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Holger Rune
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Reilly Opelka vs. Ben Shelton
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