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Nakashima, playing on clay for the first time
this season, took advantage of 12 double faults by his opponent
and advanced to face No. 2 seed Casper Ruud of Norway in the
second round.
Mackenzie McDonald rallied to defeat France's Hugo Grenier 6-7
(2), 6-1, 7-6 (2), while fellow American Marcos Giron lost to
Argentina's Federico Coria in three sets. Also advancing were
Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Jaume Munar, Italy's Lorenzo
Musetti, Sweden's Elias Ymer, South Korea's Soonwoo Kwon and
Egor Gerasimov of Belarus.
Serbia Open
Denmark's Holger Rune cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 upset of No. 5 seed
Cristian Garin of Chile in the first round in Belgrade.
No. 6 seed Fabio Fognini of Italy rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-2,
6-2 win against countryman Marco Cecchinato and No. 7 Miomir
Kecmanovic of Serbia dispatched France's Richard Gasquet 6-0,
6-3 in 73 minutes.
Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene outlasted Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin
7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 in the day's only other match.
--Field Level Media
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