Japan Open: Shelton beats Opelka in three sets to make second round
The American will face Argentinian Mariano Navone in the next round
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No 8 seed Ben Shelton edged out Reilly Opelka 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Japan Open on Thursday.
Shelton, ranked No 17, will face Argentinian Mariano Navone next at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.
Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1,818,380):
- Brandon Nakashima beat Frances Tiafoe (7): 7-5, 6-3
- Alex Michelsen (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Tomas Machac beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5
- 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 (5) 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: thursday
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Holger Rune: thursday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Christopher O’Connell
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