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Murray served at 4-5 in the third set, fell
behind 15-40 in that game, saved both match points, then faced
another break point in the same game and again survived.
Sonego led 3-0 in the decisive tiebreaker before Murray won the
next six points to pull away.
With the tournament's top four seeds receiving first-round byes
in the 28-player draw, seventh-seeded Alejandro Davidovich
Fokina was the top seed in action on Monday. The Spaniard beat
France's Constant Lestienne 6-4, 6-3.
Other first-round winners were Great Britain's Liam Broady and
Australians Jason Kubler and Christopher O'Connell.
Open 13 Provence
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka registered the only two service
breaks of the match while beating Belgium's Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-7
(6), 6-4 in the first round at Marseille, France.
Wawrinka got the only break in the opening set in the final game
and the only break of the third set in the first game. The
three-time Grand Slam champion saved all seven break points on
his own serve.
In the opening day's only other two main-draw matches,
Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik came from behind to beat Serbia's
Filip Krajinovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, and Benjamin Bonzi topped Luca
Van Assche 7-5, 7-5 in an all-French clash.
Rio Open
Brazil's Thiago Monteiro saved the only four break points of the
third set in the opening games, then went on to defeat Austria's
Dominic Thiem 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2) in the first round at Rio de
Janeiro.
Monteiro improved his ATP Tour singles record to 2-6 this year,
while Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, fell to 1-5.
Ninth-seeded Alex Molcan of Slovakia easily handled Brazilian
wild-card entrant Joao Fonseca 6-0, 6-3. Bolivia's Hugo Dellien,
Serbia's Laslo Djere and Spain's Pedro Martinez also earned
first-round victories.
Third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy opposed Chilean qualifier
Nicolas Jarry in the last match of the night, and Jarry pulled
off a 6-4, 6-1 upset.
--Field Level Media
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