August 16, 2024; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Poland's Hubert Hurkacz plays against Italy's Flavio Cobolli on the fifth day of the Cincinnati Open fight back in the game. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images Poland's Hubert Hulkac hit 17 aces to beat Marcos 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in three sets in the first round of the Japan Open in Tokyo on Wednesday · Geelong.
As the second seed, Hurkacs scored 82% of his first-serve points and successfully converted three of six break-serve opportunities. The biggest game happened in the first game of the third set. After the two sides reached a set, Giron lost his serve and could no longer break to equalize. The game lasted just over two hours.
Also advancing on Wednesday were Italy's Matteo Berrettini and France's Ugo Humbert. Berrettini defeated Dutch player Botik van der Zandschulp 6-3, 6-4, and Humbert eliminated wild card player Shintaro Mochizuki 6-1, 6-2.
China Open
The only main event held in Beijing that day was canceled due to Hungarian player Fabian Marossan withdrawing due to illness. He will play Chinese player Zhou Yi. Yi Jianlian will face Russian player Pavel Kotov in the first round.
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