Chinese teen Shang Juncheng also scored an
upset with a 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (4) victory over No. 7 seed Tomas
Martin Etcheverry of Argentina. The 19-year-old qualifier fired
38 winners, including 11 aces. Monday's other winners were Great
Britain's Billy Harris and Australia's Max Purcell and
Aleksandar Vukic.
Mallorca Championships
Sixth-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils earned a satisfying 6-3, 7-6
(3) win against Austria's Dominic Thiem in a first-round match
in Mallorca, Spain.
Monfils, playing on grass for the first time since Wimbledon in
2021, had been 0-6 head-to-head against Thiem. He turned the
tide by striking 13 aces, winning 89.7 percent of his first
serves (35 of 39) and never facing a break point.
No. 5 seed Luciano Darderi of Italy defeated Spain's Pedro
Martinez 7-5, 7-5. Italy's Fabio Fognini was a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
winner over Dutchman Gijs Brouwer. Australian Rinky Hijikata,
Austrian Sebastian Ofner and Kazakhstan's Alexander Shevchenko
also moved into the second round.
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