Japan Open: Popyrin moves into second round, defeats seventh seed Khachanov

Australian Alexei Popyrin moved into the second round of the Japan Open by winning against Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-2 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday night.

Popyrin, ranked No 41, will play Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 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
• Alex De Minaur (4) beat Jack Draper (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1)
• Cristian Garin 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