Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan toppled fifth seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain 6-2, 7-6 (3) in first-round motion Tuesday on the Eugene Korea Open Tennis Championships in Seoul.
Evans held a 6-3 edge in aces and saved 10 of 14 break factors, however Nishioka gained 30 of 43 first-service factors to carry on for the win.
No. 8 seed Jenson Brooksby outlasted Taiwanese qualifier Tung-Lin Wu 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-0. Brooksby had 11 aces and saved 9 of 11 break factors.
Soonwoo Kwon defeated qualifier Yunseong Chung 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-1 in an all-Korean match, and Taiwan’s Chun-Hsin Tseng superior after successful his first set 6-4 when Australian opponent Christopher O’Connell retired.
Tel Aviv Watergen Open
Two seeded gamers misplaced in three units Tuesday in first-round motion in Israel.
Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry upset No. 6 seed Aslan Karatsev of Russia 6-2, 6-7 (0), 6-4, and Canadian fortunate loser Vasek Pospisil beat Dutch eighth seed Tallon Griekspoor 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
No. 5 seed Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands fared higher, beating Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-2, 6-3. France’s Arthur Rinderknech rallied to take down Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3.
Other winners Tuesday included Israeli qualifier Edan Leshem, British qualifier Liam Broady, American Sebastian Korda and Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori.
Sofia Open
No. 5 seed Holger Rune of Denmark gained two tiebreakers to get previous Dutch opponent Tim van Rijthoven 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) within the first spherical in Bulgaria.
Rune saved a set level down 6-5 within the second-set tiebreaker, successful his final three factors to make sure the match didn’t require a 3rd set. He coped with van Rijthoven’s 9 aces by successful 39 of his 47 first-service factors.
No. 8 seed Oscar Otte of Germany beat Swedish qualifier Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-3, 6-2.
Also victorious Tuesday had been Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic, Portugal’s Nuno Borges and French qualifier Ugo Humbert.
–Field Level Media