Dallas Open: Fritz through to second round

American Taylor Fritz, the top seed, won against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Dallas Open at the Ford Center at The Star on Wednesday.

Fritz used only 67 minutes to overcome Rinderknech.

He hit 11 aces and broke the Frenchman thrice, meanwhile keeping his serve unchallenged to prevail in the first round.

Fritz, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Serb Miomir Kecmanovic and Canadian Denis Shapovalov next.

Dallas ATP 500, other first-round results (Ford Center at The Star, hard, USD 2.760.000, most recent results first):

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Reilly Opelka (WC) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Tomas Machac (6) beat Kei Nishikori: 6-2, 6-2
• Michael Mmoh (Q) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Jaume Munar beat Yunchaokete Bu: 7-5, 6-2
• Casper Ruud (2) beat James Duckworth (LL): 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Ben Shelton (4) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Alex Michelsen (7): 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1
• Tommy Paul (3) beat Jenson Brooksby (WC): 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4
• Ethan Quinn (Q) beat Trevor Svajda (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (5) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata beat Adrian Mannarino: 7-5, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi (8) beat Christopher Eubanks (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Brandon Holt (Q): 6-1, 7-5

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