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Brooksby led the first set 5-3 before Fognini rallied to force a
tiebreak. Fognini won six straight points to take that set, but
from there it was all Brooksby, who finished the match with six
aces and saved six of eight break points while converting six of
14.
Brooksby will face No. 3 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina in
the second round of the Australian Open tune-up.
Belgium's David Goffin upset No. 5 seed Alexander Bublik of
Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4, and J.J. Wolf took down eighth seed Adrian
Mannarino of France 6-4, 7-6 (4). Frenchmen Constant Lestienne
and Richard Gasquet also won matches.
Adelaide International
Mackenzie McDonald fired eight aces and upset No. 5 seed Daniel
Evans of Great Britain 7-5, 7-5 in the first round in Australia.
McDonald won 29 of 40 first-serve points (72.5 percent) and
converted five of eight break-point opportunities in order to
advance past Evans.
In a match pitting Australian wild cards, Thanasi Kokkinakis
outlasted Alexei Popyrin 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Sixth seed Miomir
Kecmanovic of Serbia, seventh seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
of Spain and Great Britain's Jack Draper also won Monday.
--Field Level Media
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