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Fifth-seeded Tommy
Paul registered five aces on Thursday while cruising to a 6-1,
6-4 victory over South Korean Ji Sung Nam in the first round of
the Delray Beach Open in Florida.
Paul will next face fellow American Sebastian Korda, who notched
a 6-4, 6-4 victory over South Korea's Soon Woo Kwon.
Sixth-seeded Sam Querrey also advanced, beating Mackenzie
McDonald 6-3, 6-4 in a clash of Americans.
Italy's Gianluca Mager recorded a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over
American wild-card Ryan Harrison, and Thiago Monteiro prevailed
6-3, 7-5 over fellow Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.
Antalya Open
Second-seeded David Goffin of Belgium converted 70.8 percent of
his first-serve points while posting a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 triumph
over France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert in a first-round match in
Turkey.
Sixth-seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia also moved on as he
rallied for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Italy's Andrea Arnaboldi.
Another Italian, Stefano Travaglia, upset seventh-seeded Serb
Miomir Kecmanovic 1-6, 6-4, 6-0.
No. 8 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan defeated Italy's
Salvatore Caruso 6-3, 6-3. Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori beat Czech
Republic's Jiri Vesely 6-3, 7-6 (4) and Turkey wild card Altug
Celikbilek beat Poland's Kacper Zuk 7-6 (7), 7-5.
--Field Level Media
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