South African qualifier Lloyd Harris recorded his first match win on the ATP World Tour by beating fifth seed Gael Monfils of France 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in 88 minutes on Tuesday at the Chengdu Open. The World No. 129 will now face Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic. Last week, Monfils captured his sixth ATP Challenger Tour title in Kaohsiung (d. Kwon).
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American Sam Querrey saved two set points in the first-set tie-break, from 4/6, in a 7-6(6), 6-1 victory over last year’s semi-finalist Guido Pella of Argentina in 75 minutes. He will now face third-seeded Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in the second round.
NextGenATP Canadian lucky loser Felix Augur-Aliassime knocked out Chinese wild card Yibing Wu 603, 6-7(2) 6-1 in two hours and 24 minutes for a meeting against second seed Hyeon Chung of South Korea.
Sixth-seeded Australian Matthew Ebden lost just five of his first-service points and struck nine aces in a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Evgeny Donskoy of Russia in 75 minutes. Elsewhere, Russia’s Mikhail Kukushkin defeated eighth-seeded American Tennys Sandgren 6-4, 6-3 in 87 minutes.
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