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Tiafoe lost his serve in the opening game of
the match and quickly slipped behind. But after eking out a
close win in the second set, the American dominated the final
set -- going 3-for-3 on break point opportunities and saving all
three break points he faced.
Next, Tiafoe will face Portuguese wild card Nuno Borges, who led
6-4, 3-0 Monday when Spanish opponent Pablo Andujar retired.
Spanish qualifier Bernaber Zapata Miralles defeated Argentina's
Federico Coria 6-4, 6-3, and South Korea's Soonwoo Kwon took
down France's Benoit Paire 6-4, 7-5. Kwon saved 12 of 13 break
points in that match, outdoing Paire's 9-of-12 mark.
BMW Open
Daniel Altmaier outlasted wild card Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6
(5), 3-6, 6-1 in two hours and 25 minutes to win an all-German
first-round battle at Munich.
Altmaier out-aced Kohlschreiber 6-3 and saved nine of 12 break
points. He fell behind 2-0 in the first-set tiebreaker, pulled
ahead 4-2 and held on to win after his opponent tied him 4-4 and
5-5.
The only seeded player to hit the court Monday was No. 7 seed
Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia, who beat German wild card Max Hans
Rehberg 6-2, 6-3.
Danish wild card Holger Rune topped Czech qualifier Jiri Lehecka
7-6 (4), 6-3. Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland defeated Yoshihito
Nishioka of Japan 7-6 (5), 7-5, and Alex Molcan beat fellow
Slovakian Norbert Gombos 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7), coming through in
the third-set tiebreaker on his third match point.
--Field Level Media
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