Japan Open: Machac beats Popyrin to move into second round

Tomas Machac edged out Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Thursday.

Machac, ranked No 34, will face American Tommy Paul, the No 5 seed, next.

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

• Alex Michelsen (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Yoshihito Nishioka (WC) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Jack Draper beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Tommy Paul beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert beat Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz (2) 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
• Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Fils
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Holger Rune
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Reilly Opelka vs. Ben Shelton