Auger-Aliassime ends five-match losing streak with win in Tokyo

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 8 seed, ended a five-match losing streak as he beat Australian Aleksandar Vukic 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 6-2 to reach the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Monday.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 17, will play Austrian Sebastian Ofner next. It was his first win since Cincinnati in August.

Tokyo ATP500, other first-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Casper Ruud
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Karen Khachanov
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cameron Norrie
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jack Draper
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Cristian Garin
• Tommy Paul vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Marcos Giron
• Jordan Thompson beat Alexander Zverev (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Max Purcell: 7-5, 6-4