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Van Assche, 18, will follow up his first career
top 100 win with a second-round meeting against World No. 1
Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the top seed in the ATP 250 clay-court
event.
Van Assche saved eight of 11 break points, including four at 5-5
of the second set. In the deciding set, he trailed 1-3 before
winning four straight games.
Also Monday, Alexei Popyrin of Australia eliminated No. 5 seed
Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) and Alex
Molcan of Slovakia rallied to beat Japan's Taro Daniel 3-6, 7-5,
6-1.
BMW Open
Marcos Giron of the U.S. scored a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 upset of
seventh-seeded Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena in first-round
action in Munich, Germany.
Giron converted five of 14 break chances and 81 percent of the
points (39 of 48) on his first serve in the two-hour and
12-minute victory in the ATP 250 clay-court tournament.
Flavio Cobolli of Italy also advanced with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of
Australia's Jordan Thompson and German wild card Yannick
Hanfmann outlasted Brazil's Thiago Monteiro 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5),
6-2.
Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Ben Shelton took down fellow American Mackenzie McDonald 7-5,
6-4 to reach the second round in Spain.
Shelton struck nine aces and converted five of his six break
chances in the 99-minute match. He next faces Norway star Casper
Ruud, the No. 3 seed in the ATP 500 clay-court event. Shelton
defeated Ruud in Cincinnati last year in straight sets.
Other first-round winners included Spain's Bernabe Zapata
Miralles, Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori, Portugal's Nuno Borges,
Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Chile's Nicolas Jarry,
Russia's Pavel Kotov and Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik.
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain is the top seed and opens
against Borges.
--Field Level Media
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