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Playing in front of a friendly crowd, Borges
got off to a nightmarish start, getting blanked in the first set
before falling into a 2-0 hole in the second. He then rattled
off four straight wins to get back on track and later forced a
third set by prevailing in the tiebreaker.
Borges ended up taking the final four games of the final set to
complete the comeback.
In other action, Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut pulled off a 6-1,
7-5 upset of sixth-seeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, while
Austrian Dominic Thiem also moved on by downing Maximilian
Marterer of Germany 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Grand Prix Hassan II
No. 7 seed Mariano Navone of Argentina took just 76 minutes to
defeat Tunisian Aziz Dougaz 6-3, 6-2 in first-round action at
Marrakech, Morocco.
Dougaz had a pair of aces while Navone had none, but the latter
had little trouble punching his ticket to the second round. The
only deficit Navone faced was at 1-0 in the second set.
Both of Monday's other victors won in straight sets, with
Russia's Pavel Kotov eliminating Moroccan wild card Elliot
Benchetrit and Jaume Munar of Spain cruising past Frenchman Luca
Van Assche.
Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
The United States' Brandon Nakashima made it out of the first
round with a 6-1, 6-4 drubbing of Croatia's Duje Ajdukovic in
Houston.
Nakashima saved both of the break points on his serve and
converted 3 of 5 in the win.
Australia's Rinky Hijikata upset fifth-seeded American
Christopher Eubanks 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2). Eubanks notched eight aces
to Hijikata's seven but lost service points twice in both
tiebreakers, which led to his downfall.
U.S. qualifier Patrick Kypson stumbled to a 7-6 (5), 6-3 loss
against Belgium's Zizou Bergs, and in last match of the night,
J.J. Wolf of the United States defeated Swiss qualifier
Alexander Ritschard 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
--Field Level Media
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