Japan Open: Popyrin moves into second round, defeats seventh seed Khachanov
Alexei Popyrin beat Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday night. He’ll play Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin in the next round
Australian Alexei Popyrin moved into the second round of the Japan Open by winning against Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-2 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Tuesday night.
Popyrin, ranked No 41, will play Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 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
- Alex De Minaur (4) beat Jack Draper (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1)
- Cristian Garin beat Sho Shimabukuro (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- 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
