Japan Open: Coric reaches second round, Nakashima next

Croat Borna Coric, the No 9 seed, moved into the second round of the Japan Open by defeating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Coric, ranked No 28, will face American Brandon Nakashima next.

Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches :

• Denis Shapovalov vs. Steve Johnson
• James Duckworth vs. Taylor Fritz
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Hiroki Moriya vs. Yuta Shimizu
• Nick Kyrgios vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Rio Noguchi vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Casper Ruud vs. Jaume Munar
• Radu Albot vs. Daniel Evans: tuesday
• SoonWoo Kwon beat Alex De Minaur (6): 6-3, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Kaichi Uchida (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (4) beat Yasutaka Uchiyama (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Taro Daniel: 7-5, 7-5
• Brandon Nakashima beat Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Pedro Martinez beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-4

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