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Evans held a 6-3 edge in aces and saved 10 of 14 break points,
but Nishioka won 30 of 43 first-service points to hold on for
the win.
No. 8 seed Jenson Brooksby outlasted Taiwanese qualifier
Tung-Lin Wu 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-0. Brooksby had 11 aces and saved
nine of 11 break points.
Soonwoo Kwon defeated qualifier Yunseong Chung 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3),
6-1 in an all-Korean match, and Taiwan's Chun-Hsin Tseng
advanced after winning his first set 6-4 when Australian
opponent Christopher O'Connell retired.
Tel Aviv Watergen Open
Two seeded players lost in three sets Tuesday in first-round
action in Israel.
Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry upset No. 6 seed Aslan
Karatsev of Russia 6-2, 6-7 (0), 6-4, and Canadian lucky loser
Vasek Pospisil beat Dutch eighth seed Tallon Griekspoor 4-6, 7-6
(3), 7-5.
No. 5 seed Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands fared
better, beating Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-2, 6-3. France's Arthur
Rinderknech rallied to take down Romanian qualifier Marius Copil
6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3.
Other winners Tuesday included Israeli qualifier Edan Leshem,
British qualifier Liam Broady, American Sebastian Korda and
Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori.
Sofia Open
No. 5 seed Holger Rune of Denmark won two tiebreakers to get
past Dutch opponent Tim van Rijthoven 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) in the
first round in Bulgaria.
Rune saved a set point down 6-5 in the second-set tiebreaker,
winning his last three points to ensure the match did not
require a third set. He coped with van Rijthoven's nine aces by
winning 39 of his 47 first-service points.
No. 8 seed Oscar Otte of Germany beat Swedish qualifier Dragos
Nicolae Madaras 6-3, 6-2.
Also victorious Tuesday were Australia's Aleksandar Vukic,
Portugal's Nuno Borges and French qualifier Ugo Humbert.
--Field Level Media
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