Japan Open: Nakashima moves into second round
Brandon Nakashima beat Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3, 6-2 on Monday
American Brandon Nakashima advanced to the second round of the Japan Open by winning against Japanese wildcard Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3, 6-2 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Monday night.
Nakashima, ranked No 47, will face the winner of the match between Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis and Croat Borna Coric, the No 9 seed, next.
Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1.953.285, most recent results first):
* Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Borna Coric
* Rio Noguchi vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
* Denis Shapovalov vs. Steve Johnson
* James Duckworth vs. Taylor Fritz
* Hiroki Moriya vs. Yuta Shimizu
* Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kamil Majchrzak
* Nick Kyrgios vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
* Radu Albot vs. Daniel Evans
* Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
* SoonWoo Kwon vs. Alex De Minaur
* Mackenzie McDonald vs. Kaichi Uchida
* Casper Ruud vs. Jaume Munar
* Frances Tiafoe vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
* Taro Daniel vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
* Pedro Martinez beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-4