Nishikori overcomes Shapovalov in Hong Kong Open first round

Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori defeated Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Hong Kong Open at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Nishikori used less than an hour to overcome Shapovalov in straight sets.

He broke the Canadian four times, saving two break points on his serve, and benefitted from the latter’s 25 unforced errors.

Nishikori, ranked No 106, will face No 3 seed Karen Khachanov next.

Hong Kong ATP 250, other first-round results (Victoria Park Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Gabriel Diallo vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Juncheng Shang vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
• Francesco Passaro vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Jaume Munar beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Nuno Borges (5) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Zizou Bergs (WC) beat Alejandro Moro Canas (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Alexandre Muller beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Learner Tien: 6-3, 7-5
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Brandon Nakashima (6): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 7-6 (9)
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Luciano Darderi (8): 6-3, 6-3

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