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Italy's Gianluca Mager upset sixth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of
France 6-3, 6-2, and France's Benoit Paire knocked off
seventh-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-4, 7-5.
Mager had lost his first-round match in three of his past four
tournaments, including the U.S. Open. He saved the only break
point he faced against Mannarino. Paire, who ended a three-match
losing streak that featured an opening-round defeat in New York,
finished with an 11-1 advantage in aces against Davidovich
Fokina.
In the event's only other match Monday, Serbia's Miomir
Kecmanovic topped Bulgarian wild-card entrant Adrian Andreev 7-6
(7), 6-4.
San Diego Open
San Diego native Brandon Nakashima broke serve on the final
point of the match to complete a 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5 win over
Italy's Fabio Fognini in the first round of his hometown event.
Nakashima, 20, finished with eight aces and just two double
faults. Fognini double-faulted nine times and had only one ace.
Another San Diego high school product, 23-year-old Taylor Fritz,
downed Italy's Salvatore Caruso 6-4, 7-6 (2). Elsewhere in the
opening round, Russia's Aslan Karatsev topped Argentina's
Federico Delbonis 6-1, 7-5.
--Field Level Media
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