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No. 7 seed Dennis Shapovalov and No. 8 Frances Tiafoe let their leads slip away in first-round upsets on Wednesday on the Japan Open in Tokyo.
Shapovalov was up 5-3 within the first set earlier than Germany’s Daniel Altmaier rallied to defeat the Canadian 7-5, 6-3. Altmaier saved 4 of 5 break factors to arrange a second-round assembly with both Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur or Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic.
Tiafoe gained the opening set and seized a 5-4 lead within the deciding set earlier than falling to Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 in two hours and 27 minutes. It was Tiafoe’s first first-round hardcourt loss all season (10-1).
In different opening-day motion, Italy’s Matteo Berrettini earned his first win since May with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Spain’s Jaume Munar and Portugal’s Nuno Borges outlasted Japanese wild card Yosuke Watanuki 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.
–Field Level Media