In other action, sixth-seeded Matteo Arnaldi of
Italy avoided an upset by overcoming an early deficit to knock
off Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Arnaldi finished with a whopping 21 aces to punch his ticket to
the second round. Nishioka had zero, and he also hit just 17
winners compared to Arnaldi's 50.
Meanwhile, Nuno Borges of Portugal and Frenchman Constant
Lestienne swept their respective opponents. Borges defeated
lucky loser Gabriel Diallo of Canada 6-4, 7-6 (1), and Lestienne
cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Australian Aleksandar Vukic.
ABN AMRO Open
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor put on a show in front of a friendly
crowd, saving two match points in the 12th game of the third set
before pulling off a 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3) win over Italy's
Lorenzo Musetti in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Griekspoor was on the ropes trailing 6-5, but he battled back
and eventually forced a tiebreaker, where he raced out to a 3-0
lead before taking the first-round match.
In other action, a pair of Canadians prevailed in straight sets.
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat qualifier Maxime Cressy of the United
States 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8) and Milos Raonic, playing on a protected
ranking, topped Dutch wild card Jesper de Jong 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Belgian qualifier David Goffin also moved on, ousting Dino
Prizmic, a wild card from Croatia.
IEB+ Argentina Open
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka and Serbian seventh seed Laslo Djere
both shook off opening-set losses to advance to the second round
in Buenos Aires.
Wawrinka knocked off Argentine Pedro Cachin 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2,
while Djere rallied to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory vs. Croatian wild
card Marin Cilic. Wild card Facundo Diaz Acosta of Argentina was
also triumphant, completing a 6-3, 7-6 (1) sweep of Germany's
Daniel Altmaier.
Sixth-seeded Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry rolled past
Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain 6-4, 6-1.
--Field Level Media
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