Japan Open: Navone moves into second round

Argentina’s Mariano Navone advanced to the second round of the Japan Open by winning against Italian Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-4 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Navone, ranked No 40, will face the winner of the all-American battle match between Reilly Opelka and No 8 seed Ben Shelton next.

This was only Navone’s second career win on hardcourts at the ATP Tour level. This was the seventh meeting on the pro tour between the two players – all coming over the past two seasons – with the Argentine now leading the series 4-3.

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

• Jack Draper vs. Mattia Bellucci
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Alex Michelsen vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
• Tommy Paul vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Holger Rune
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Marin Cilic vs. Kei Nishikori
• Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson
• Reilly Opelka vs. Ben Shelton
• Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Fils
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Ugo Humbert
• Marcos Giron vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Matteo Berrettini

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