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In the first set, Sousa put 75 percent of his
first serves in play and saved the only break point he faced. In
the last two sets, Sousa had just a 47.4 percent first-serve
rate, and he lost his serve five times.
Third-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain rolled past
France's Luca Van Assche 6-3, 7-5, and fifth-seeded Sebastian
Baez won an all-Argentine matchup against Pedro Cachin, 6-4, 7-6
(2).
In an all-Italian showdown, Marco Cecchinato rallied past Fabio
Fognini 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Grand Prix Hassan II
Seventh-seeded Benjamin Bonzi of France eliminated Russian lucky
loser Alexey Vatutin 6-3, 6-3 in first-round action at
Marrakech, Morocco. That was the only match of the day, as the
rest of the slate was rained out.
Bonzi had a 5-0 advantage in aces and won 74 percent of his
first-serve points compared to Vatutin's 46 percent.
The event's top four seeds -- No. 1 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy,
No. 2 Daniel Evans of Great Britain, No. 3 Botic van de
Zandschulp of the Netherlands and No. 4 Tallon Griekspoor -- are
scheduled to play second-round matches on Thursday.
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
The entire day's slate at Houston was rained out. No. 1 seed
Frances Tiafoe, No. 2 Tommy Paul and No. 4 John Isner, all of
the United States, are scheduled for to play in the second round
on Thursday.
--Field Level Media
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