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No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany also had
to rally to beat countryman Oscar Otte 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. No. 4
seed Andrey Rublev of Russia wasn't as fortunate, falling to
Marcos Giron 6-4, 7-6 (5).
No. 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece survived a pair of
tiebreakers, saving a set point in the first set, to defeat
German wild card Henri Squire 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2). No. 7 seed
Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, Christopher Eubanks, Arthur Fils
of France and Australian qualifier James Duckworth also won in
straight sets.
Cinch Championships
No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain advanced while three seeded
players were shown the door in opening-round action in London.
Alcaraz won 13 of 15 net points while defeating Francisco
Cerundolo of Argentina 6-1, 7-5. Italy's Lorenzo Musetti stunned
Australian No. 2 seed Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, finishing
with a 7-0 edge in aces and saving 8 of 12 break points along
the way.
French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard ousted No. 6 Ben
Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (3), and Italy's Matteo Arnaldi defeated No. 8
Ugo Humbert of France 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6), saving a match point
down 6-5 in the third-set tiebreaker before completing the
upset.
In the draw as a wild card, Andy Murray of Great Britain fought
past Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Other
winners Tuesday included No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz, No. 5 seed
Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Brandon Nakashima, Brits Jack
Draper and Billy Harris and Chile's Alejandro Tabilo.
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