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Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open winner and former world No. 3, is in
the field as a wild card. He won in two hours and 40 minutes
despite Djere serving 17 aces and saving seven of 10 break
points.
The only other first-round match of the day saw Roman Safiullin
of Russia defeat France's Hugo Grenier 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Safiullin
saved seven of nine break points and held a 10-7 edge in aces.
Eugene Korea Open Tennis Championships
American lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic toppled Serbian
seventh seed Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 6-4 in the first round in
Seoul.
Kovacevic held a 39-18 edge in winners, served 14 aces and saved
nine of 10 break points in the dominant effort.
Japanese wild card Kaichi Uchida won 22 of 26 first-service
points (84.6 percent) and took down South Korean wild card
Seong-chan Hong 6-4, 6-2. Radu Albot of Moldova beat lucky loser
Hiroki Moriya of Japan 6-3, 6-4.
Also Monday, Spaniard Jaume Munar advanced when his opponent,
Yosuke Watanuki of Japan, retired during the first set down 2-1.
Sofia Open
Ilya Ivashka of Belarus outlasted Sweden's Mikael Ymer 7-6 (8),
4-6, 7-5 in the first round in Bulgaria.
Ivashka saved eight of 13 break points while breaking Ymer's
serve five times in 11 opportunities to advance.
Also Monday, Kamil Majchrzak of Poland defeated Ricardas
Berankis of Lithuania 7-5, 6-2, and Bulgarian wild card
Alexandar Lazarov won on his home soil, beating Jiri Lehecka of
the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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