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Murray won 25 of 28 first-service points (89 percent), hit four
aces and broke Daniel's serve five out of 11 times. He will face
No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in the next round.
No. 7 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan was a 6-2, 6-4 winner
over Jozef Kovalik of Slovakia, while Hungarian Marton Fucsovics
upset No. 8 seed Lloyd Harris of South Africa 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Other winners Tuesday were Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori, Spain's
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, France's Arthur Rinderknech and
Swedish lucky loser Elias Ymer.
Open 13 Provence
In a duel of two French wild cards, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cruised
past Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-2 in the first round at Marseilles,
France.
Tsonga, 36, was once ranked as high as No. 5 in the world but
was 247th entering the week. He held an 11-2 advantage in aces
over Simon, converted three of five break points and didn't have
his own serve broken.
Russia's Roman Safiullin upset No. 7 Australian Alexei Popyrin
in a two-hour, 40-minute marathon, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Safiullin smashed 13 aces, saved four of five break points and
capitalized on Popyrin's nine double faults.
Also advancing were Moldova's Radu Albot, Denmark's Holger Rune,
Czech Republic's Tomas Machac and Frenchmen Hugo Gaston and
Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
--Field Level Media
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