Fifth-seeded Lorenzo Sonego was not as fortunate, however.
Denmark's Holger Rune rebounded from a first-set loss to secure
a 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4 win over the Italian.
Also, Britain's Andy Murray won his second-round match Wednesday
while Germany's Peter Hojowczyk and Frenchman Lucas Pouille were
victorious in their respective first-round clashes. Murray
recorded a 6-3, 6-3 win over Canadian Vasek Pospisil, Gojowczyk
notched a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Antoine Hoang and
Pouille seized a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Canadian Brayden
Schnur.
Astana Open
Fifth-seeded John Millman of Australia worked three sets for the
second straight day before posting a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5 win over
Spain's Jaume Munar in a second-round match in Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan.
Millman, who won in 3 hours, 9 minutes on Wednesday, also needed
a rally to defeat qualifier Dmitry Popko 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on
Tuesday.
Seventh-seeded Laslo Djere of Serbia secured a 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
win over Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a second-round match, while
eighth-seeded Ilya Ivashka of Belarus cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win
over wild card Timofey Skatov of Kazakhstan.
--Field Level Media
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