Japan Open: Garin makes second round
Cristian Garin won against Sho Shimabukuro 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Tuesday night. He’ll play Australian Alexei Popyrin in the next round
Mar 12, 2023; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Cristian Garin (CHI) during his third round match against Casper Ruud (NOR) during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships •Third round •
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Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin moved into the second round of the Japan Open by winning against Japanese wildcard Sho Shimabukuro 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday night.
Garin, ranked No 94, will play Australian Alexei Popyrin next.
Tokyo ATP500, other first-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Casper Ruud
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Diego Schwartzman: tuesday
- Taylor Fritz vs. Cameron Norrie: tuesday
- Alexei Popyrin beat Karen Khachanov (7): 6-4, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur (4) beat Jack Draper (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1)
- Tommy Paul (5) beat Daniel Altmaier: 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Marcos Giron (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (14), 4-6, 6-1
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 6-2
- Jordan Thompson beat Alexander Zverev (3): 6-3, 6-4
- Sebastian Ofner beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-5
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Max Purcell: 7-5, 6-4
