Fifth-seeded Adrian Mannarino rallied for a 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-3 win over fellow Frenchman Terence Atmane within the first spherical of the Chengdu Open on Thursday in China.
Mannarino fired six aces and benefited from 9 double faults by his foe to win in 2 hours and 32 minutes.
Eighth-seeded Roman Safiullin of Russia additionally wanted three units to submit a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Italian Fabio Fognini. Safiullin had 13 aces and gained 80 p.c of his first-serve factors to finish the match in 2 hours, 8 minutes.
Unseeded Yannick Hanfmann of Germany, Juncheng Shang of China, Federico Agustin Gomez of Argentina and Christopher O’Connell of Australia every secured a straight-set victory to advance to the second spherical.
Hangzhou Open
Sixth-seeded Zhizhen Zhang notched a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 win over Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan in a first-round match in China.
Zhang, of China, recorded seven aces and benefited from six double faults by his opponent to win the match in simply over 2 hours.
In different motion, No. 8 seed Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan, unseeded Mattia Bellucci of Italy, Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain, Russia’s Alexander Shevchenko and Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan every recorded a straight-set victory to maneuver onto the second spherical. Chak Lam Coleman Wong of Hong Kong superior with a walkover win over Yibing Wu of China.
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