August 4, 2024; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Taro Daniel (Japan) returns a ball in opposition to Alexander Kovacevic (USA) (not pictured) throughout the first qualifying spherical match at IGA Enviornment . Obligatory Credit score: David Kirouac-Imagn Photos Japan’s Daniel Taro ended his 11-match shedding streak by knocking out sixth-seeded Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5 within the first spherical of the Chengdu Open in China on Wednesday.
His final win was on the Mutua Madrid Open in April. On Wednesday, he hit 11 winners and made 11 unforced errors, whereas the Italian hit 26 winners however was overwhelmed by 33 unforced errors.
Seventh-seeded French participant Giovanni Pericard defeated Chinese language wild card participant Solar Fajing 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4 in a match that lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. That is Mpetshi Perricard’s second exhausting court docket victory this season.
In one other match of the day, Lucas Klein defeated Australian Adam Walton 7-6(3), 6-4, changing into the primary Slovak participant to win in Chengdu. Klein was helped by 12 aces.
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Marin Cilic has missed a lot of the season attributable to knee surgical procedure, however he scored a victory in his first ATP Tour match in China since February, beating Zagreb 5-7, 6-3, 6-0. Kari Swajda.
Cilic, who turns 36 later this month, is a 20-time tour winner and reached world No. 3 in mid-2018. The Croatian hit 14 aces and 7 service factors in opposition to Svajda to get again a set.
In different matches, Kazakh participant Mikhail Kukushkin defeated fifth-seeded Italian Luciano Dadri 6-3, 6-4. Seventh-seeded Hungarian Fabian Marossan defeated Italian Luca Nardi 6-0, 6-2.
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