Japan Open: Shelton makes second round, beats qualifier Daniel
Ben Shelton edged out Taro Daniel 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Tuesday night and will play Australian Jordan Thompson in the next round
Ben Shelton at the US Open (Chryslene Caillaud/Panoramic)
American Ben Shelton edged out Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) to advance to the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday night.
Shelton, ranked No 19, will face Australian Jordan Thompson 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: tuesday
- Diego Schwartzman beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-4, 6-1
- Taylor Fritz (1) beat Cameron Norrie: 6-4, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin beat Karen Khachanov (7): 6-4, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur (4) beat Jack Draper (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1)
- 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
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