Japan Open: Evans books spot in second round

No 8 seed Daniel Evans edged out Radu Albot 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Evans, ranked No 25, will play the winner of the match between Serb Miomir Kecmanovic and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, winner of the Korean Open last week, next.

Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1.953.285, most recent results first):

• Denis Shapovalov vs. Steve Johnson: Tuesday in Tokyo
• James Duckworth vs. Taylor Fritz: Tuesday in Tokyo
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: Tuesday in Tokyo
• Hiroki Moriya vs. Yuta Shimizu: Tuesday in Tokyo
• Nick Kyrgios vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng: Tuesday in Tokyo
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kamil Majchrzak: Tuesday in Tokyo
• Rio Noguchi vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan: Tuesday in Tokyo
• Casper Ruud vs. Jaume Munar: Tuesday in Tokyo
• Borna Coric (9) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• SoonWoo Kwon beat Alex De Minaur (6): 6-3, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Kaichi Uchida (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-3
• 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