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Carballes Baena took advantage of an
inconsistent performance from Bautista Agut to win the match in
one hour, 43 minutes and set up a second-round clash versus
seventh-seeded Sebastian Ofner. The Austrian notched a 6-4, 6-2
win over Denis Shapovalov in the Canadian's first competitive
match since he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in July,
sidelined after that because of a knee injury
Also on Tuesday, sixth-seeded Arthur Fils fired nine aces en
route to a 6-3, 6-4 win over defending champion and fellow
Frenchman Richard Gasquet. Eighth-seeded Max Purcell recorded a
6-4, 6-4 victory over fellow Australian Kiranpal Pannu.
Adelaide International
Seventh-seeded Jiri Lehecka breezed to a 6-1, 6-3 win over
Australian Adam Walton in a first-round match in Australia.
The Czech fired nine aces and had 20 winners to win the match in
71 minutes.
Italian Lorenzo Sonego posted a 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (9) victory over
German Yannick Hanfmann to advance to the second round, while
Serbian Dusan Lajovic also notched a three-set 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
win. Australians Jordan Thompson, Christopher O'Connell and Alex
Bolt joined Italian Matteo Arnaldi, Great Britain's Daniel
Evans, Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan and Serbian Miomir
Kecmanovic in securing straight-set victories.
--Field Level Media
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