Japan Open: De Minaur makes second round, gets past qualifier Draper in close encounter
Alex De Minaur edged out Jack Draper 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) on Tuesday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between Francisco Cerundolo and Diego Schwartzman in the next round
Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 4 seed, reached the second round of the Japan Open by edging out qualifier Jack Draper 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday night.
De Minaur, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between Francisco Cerundolo and Diego Schwartzman next.
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: tuesday
- Taylor Fritz vs. Cameron Norrie: tuesday
- Alexei Popyrin beat Karen Khachanov (7): 6-4, 6-2
- Cristian Garin (Q) beat Sho Shimabukuro (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (5) beat Daniel Altmaier: 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Marcos Giron (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (14), 4-6, 6-1
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 6-2
- 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
