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Wawrinka, formerly ranked No. 3 in the world, will face
top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the second round.
Another former World No. 3, Austria's Dominic Thiem, beat
Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Seventh-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan advanced in three
sets over Evan Furness of France, while a pair of top 10 seeds
were upset. Sweden's Mikael Ymer defeated eighth-seeded
Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 7-5, 6-0, and in the lone
second-round match, Sebastian Korda recorded a 6-3, 7-6 (6)
victory over third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy.
San Diego Open
Third-seeded Marcos Giron of the United States and
seventh-seeded James Duckworth of Australia became the first two
players to advance to the quarterfinals in San Diego.
Giron downed Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4, 6-3, and
Duckworth eliminated U.S. qualifier Mitchell Krueger 6-3, 7-6
(4).
The final four first-round matches were also played on
Wednesday. Sixth-seeded Alejandro Tabilo of Chile beat the
United States' Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-2. Colombia's Daniel Elahi
Galan topped Switzerland's Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3, 7-5, and the
United States' Mackenzie McDonald routed Switzerland's Henri
Laaksonen 6-0, 6-2.
Christopher O'Connell won an all-Australian matchup when Jason
Kubler resigned before the third set. Kubler took the first set
6-4 and lost the second set 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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