Second seed Casper Ruud of Norway also moved on
with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 win over Japan's Yosuke Watanuki, but two
other seeds fell at the ATP 500 event. Russian Aslan Karatsev
ousted sixth seed Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 7-6 (4), and another
Russian, seventh-seeded Karen Khachanov, was defeated by
Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-2.
Diego Schwartzman defeated Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 6-1 in an
all-Argentina battle, and Japan's Shintaro Mochizuki knocked out
another Argentine, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Up-and-coming American Ben Shelton came back to top Taro Daniel
of Japan 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Nordic Open
American J.J. Wolf topped fifth seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina
7-6 (5), 6-2 in the first round in Stockholm.
Wolf won 22 of his 29 first-service points (75.9 percent) and
had a 25-15 edge in total winners while committing only three
unforced errors.
Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov ousted American seventh seed
Christopher Eubanks 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5), and Austrian
qualifier Filip Misolic took down eighth seed Daniel Evans of
Great Britain 6-4, 7-6 (1).
Serbia's Laslo Djere, Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori and
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka also won their opening matches.
European Open
French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard rebounded from a
rough first set to knock out sixth seed Roberto Carballes Baena
of Spain 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in Antwerp, Belgium.
Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No. 226 in the world, smashed 13 aces
and saved seven of 10 break points to pull off the upset.
German qualifier Maximilian Marterer eased past No. 7 seed
Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4. No. 5 seed Yannick Hanfmann of Germany
had an easier time than his seeded counterparts, beating Belgian
qualifier Alexander Blockx 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Former World No. 3 Dominic Thiem of Austria rallied to beat
Italy's Luca Nardi 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2. No. 8 seed Juan Pablo
Varillas of Peru and Russia's Alexander Shevchenko also
advanced.
--Field Level Media
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