France’s Terence Atmane avenged a first-round Wimbledon loss to Frances Tiafoe, prevailing 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the Mubadala DC Open in Washington.
Tiafoe, a Washington-area native, was the tournament’s sixth seed. Atmane got the decisive service break in the next-to-last game, then served out the match.
Other Matches
Earlier in the day, third-seeded Taylor Fritz swept his service games and rolled to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Belgium’s Zizou Bergs. Fritz saved all four break points he faced while converting two of his four break opportunities.
Fourth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti won an all-Italian matchup when Matteo Arnaldi retired while trailing 6-0, 3-1. Musetti was returning from injury issues that kept him out since early May.
Also advancing to the second round were Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic, Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo.
In other tennis news, the Mifel Tennis Open saw Australia’s Bernard Tomic power to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Mexico’s Alex Hernandez.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
