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The Russian, who received a first-round bye, routed the United
States' Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-1 in a 63-minute, second-round
match.
Rublev, who won an event at Rotterdam, Netherlands, in March,
has since reached three finals and lost them all. His next
opponent will be sixth-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina,
who beat South Africa's Lloyd Harris 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland and eighth-seeded Daniel
Evans of Great Britain each prevailed in first-set tiebreakers
en route to first-round wins Wednesday. Hurkacz topped
Australia's Alex Bolt 7-6 (2), 6-1, and Evans edged South
Africa's Kevin Anderson 7-6 (11), 7-5. Anderson failed to take
advantage of three set points in the tiebreaker.
Sofia Open
Italy's Gianluca Mager became the first player to reach the
second round in Sofia, Bulgaria, defeating Serbia's Miomir
Kecmanovic 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Mager faced just two break points in the match and saved one.
Kecmanovic could stave off just six of nine break points.
Australia's James Duckworth rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over
Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori. Duckworth took advantage of the lone
set point of the final set to grab a 5-4 lead, then served out
the match.
Fifth-seeded Filip Krajinovic of Serbia, Poland's Kamil
Majchrzak, Ukraine's Illya Marchenko and Belarus' Ilya Ivashka
earned first-round victories.
--Field Level Media
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