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Fognini was the only seeded player in action Monday and could
not outlast the 99th-ranked Galan in the two-hour, 43-minute
match. Galan saved 11 of 16 break points and benefitted from
Fognini's nine double faults.
Italian qualifiers Marco Cecchinato and Giulio Zeppieri advanced
with three-set victories. Cecchinato was a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 winner
over Croatian wild card Mili Poljicak, and Zeppieri defeated
Argentina's Pedro Cachin 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
A pair of Spaniards also advanced. Robert Carballes Baena beat
Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen 6-4, 7-5, and Jaume Munar ousted
Sweden's Mikael Ymer 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Generali Open
Portuguese eighth seed Joao Sousa smashed six aces and saved
four of five break points to defeat Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva
6-1, 7-5 on the first day of action in Kitzbuhel, Austria.
Two Austrian wild cards, playing in their home country, made it
to the next round. Filip Misolic beat Brazil's Daniel Dutra da
Silva 6-2, 7-6 (6) and Jurij Rodionov bested Hernan Casanova of
Argentina 6-4, 6-2.
Monday's other winners were Serbia's Dusan Lajovic, the Czech
Republic's Jiri Lehecka and Peru's Juan Pablo Varillas.
Atlanta Open
No. 8 seed Brandon Nakashima went the distance to defeat
Australian Jordan Thompson 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3 in opening-round
action in Atlanta.
Thompson served a whopping 16 aces and won 53 of 63
first-service points (84.1 percent). Nakashima was stronger on
second-service points, winning 13 of 20 (65 percent). Nakashima
was the runner-up at last year's Atlanta Open, losing the final
to John Isner.
Two other Americans didn't fare as well as Nakashima. Japanese
qualifier Taro Daniel rallied to beat Sebastian Korda 1-6, 6-1,
6-3, and South Korea's Soonwoo Kwon took down Marcos Giron 7-6
(3), 4-6, 7-5 in a match lasting over two hours and 42 minutes.
In a duel of Australians, John Millman defeated Alexei Popyrin
7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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