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Eighth-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland was
not as fortunate. Marcus Giron outlasted the 38-year-old
Wawrinka for a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) win in 2 hours, 51
minutes.
Unseeded Sho Shimabukuro of Japan, Alibek Kachmazov of Russia,
Jurij Rodionov of Austria and Egor Gerasimov of Belarus also
emerged victorious in their respective first-round matches.
China Open
Australian Alex De Minaur held on for a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6) win
over Great Britain's Andy Murray in a first-round match in
Beijing.
Frenchman Ugo Humbert and Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry
also needed three sets to advance to the second round. Humbert
posted a 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 victory over Italian Lorenzo Sonego,
while Etcheverry rallied for a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over
South African Lloyd Harris.
Italian Matteo Arnaldi and Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
had a much easier time of it. The former notched a 6-2, 6-2
victory over J.J. Wolf, while the latter won by the same score
over China's Yi Zhou.
--Field Level Media
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