Chengdu Open: Daniel upsets 6th seed Sonego in first round
Daniel will play either Aleksander Kocacevic or qualifier Alibek Kachmazov in the second round
Taro Daniel
Japan’s Taro Daniel reached the second round of the Chengdu Open by winning against Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 7-5 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Wednesday.
The Japanese player, who plays either Aleksander Kocacevic or qualifier Alibek Kachmazov next, scored his first ATP Tour-level win since April.
Chengdu ATP 250, other first-round matches (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1,171,655, most recent results first):
- Juncheng Shang vs. Kei Nishikori
- Roman Safiullin vs. Fabio Fognini
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Borna Coric
- Yi Zhou vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Fajing Sun
- Lukas Klein beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (3), 6-4
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