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Khachanov, of Russia, defeated Germany's Dominik Koepfer 6-7
(3), 7-5, 6-4 in second-round play. Khachanov, who is ranked
24th in the world, advanced in part by recording nine aces to
Koepfer's five and double-faulting only three times to Koepfer's
seven.
van de Zandschulp, of the Netherlands, had an even more
difficult time with Croatia's Borna Gojo, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5) 6-4,
in a match that lasted three hours and seven minutes.
Gojo survived a match point in the second set and forced a
tiebreaker, then won that when he won four points van de
Zandschulp's serve.
Elsewhere in the second round, top-seeded Andrey Rublev of
Russia, who is ranked eighth in the world, put away Great
Britain's Jack Draper 6-4, 6-2.
In a matchup of Brits, the 16th-seed, Daniel Evans, needed just
over an hour to defeat Kyle Edmund 6-1, 6-2.
Australia's Nick Kyrgios won his first-round match, topping the
United States' Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-2.
Abierto de Tenis Mifel
In Los Cabos, Mexico, eighth-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry of
Argentina won his first set against Australia's Jason Kubler
before dropping the final two and the first-round match, 6-7
(4), 6-3, 6-1.
Two more seeded players, No. 6 Brandon Nakashima of the U.S. and
No. 7 Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia, won their openers.
Nakashima eliminated Japanese qualifier Kaichi Uchida 7-6 (1),
6-2, and Kokkinakis topped Spain's Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-7
(5), 6-2.
Alex Hernandez of Mexico, Radu Albot of Moldova, Facundo Bagnis
of Argentina, Jordan Thompson of Australia and Steve Johnson of
the United States also prevailed in first-round action.
--Field Level Media
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