Japan Open: Draper through to second round to face Hurkacz

Jack Draper won against Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Thursday.

Draper, ranked No 20 and coming off a semi-final appearance at the US Open, will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the second seed, next.

The Brit has defeated Hurkacz only once in five previous meetings, with the Pole also winning both their encounters this year, which came in Monte-Carlo and Madrid on clay.

Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1,818,380):

• Tommy Paul (5) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert beat Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Matteo Berrettini beat Botic van de Zandschulp (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Mariano Navone beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4
• Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson
• Marin Cilic vs. Kei Nishikori
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Fils
• Reilly Opelka vs. Ben Shelton
• Alex Michelsen vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

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