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Djokovic never faced a break point in the 62-minute match and
only lost six points on his serve while improving to 3-0 against
Garin.
No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece advanced to the
quarterfinals with a hard-fought 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) win over
Italy's Luca Nardi. No. 5 Andrey Rublev of Russia also reached
the quarters with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of China's Zhizhen Zhang.
Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut and France's Adrian Mannarino also
won their second-round matches, while the other first-round
winners included No. 9 seed Marin Cilic of Croatia and Finland's
Emil Ruusuvuori.
Japan Open Tennis Championships
No. 3 seed Taylor Fritz held off Australian James Duckworth 6-2,
6-7 (2), 6-1 and advanced to the second round in Tokyo.
No. 7 Denis Shapovalov of Canada was the only other seeded
player in action, beating Steve Johnson 6-3, 7-6 (3) in another
opening-round match.
Pedro Martinez outlasted fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar 4-6, 6-3,
6-1 in a second-round match. South Korea's Soonwoo Kwon also
advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 victory
against Mackenzie McDonald. Local favorite Yoshihito Nishioka
lost 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2 to Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic in the
first round.
--Field Level Media
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