Japan Open: McDonald moves into second round
Mackenzie McDonald beat Kaichi Uchida 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-3 on Tuesday
Mackenzie McDonald | © Panoramic
American Mackenzie McDonald won against Japanese wildcard Kaichi Uchida, ranked 155, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday.
McDonald, ranked No 78, will play SoonWoo Kwon next.
Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1.953.285, most recent results first):
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Steve Johnson
- James Duckworth vs. Taylor Fritz
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Hiroki Moriya vs. Yuta Shimizu
- Nick Kyrgios vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kamil Majchrzak
- Rio Noguchi vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
- Radu Albot vs. Daniel Evans
- Casper Ruud vs. Jaume Munar
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Borna Coric: tuesday
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Alex De Minaur (6): 6-3, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (4) beat Yasutaka Uchiyama (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Taro Daniel: 7-5, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima beat Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Pedro Martinez beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-4
