Alexei Popyrin’s ATP Tour return has ended with defeat as Australia’s second-highest-ranked males’s participant returns to the courtroom following a again harm.
In his first match since being defeated by Jannik Sinner on the US Open, Popyrin fell to Sebastian Korda 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-3 on the Stockholm Open in Sweden.
The seventh-seeded Australian had cut up the 2 earlier clashes with the American however the world quantity 48, who loved reaching a career-high 19 simply earlier than enjoying at Flushing Meadows, succumbed in two hours 24 minutes.
Each males misplaced their serve twice within the opening set, whereas Popyrin was damaged an additional 5 instances en path to Korda establishing a second-round conflict with a fellow unseeded opponent.
Different first-round winners included Swedish wildcard Leo Borg, son of 11-time grand slam winner Bjorn, Brit Jacob Fearnley and Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic.
In the meantime on the ATP 250 hardcourt occasion in Almaty, James Duckworth was a 6-3, 6-4 opening-round winner over fellow qualifier Ugo Blanchet, at some point after the Frenchman eradicated one other Aussie in Rinky Hijikata.
Compatriot Bernard Tomic was overwhelmed in Kazakhstan 6-1, 7-6 (11-9) by eighth seed Corentin Moutet in slightly below two hours.
Duckworth faces seventh seed Gabriel Diallo subsequent after the Canadian noticed off native Amir Omarkhanov 6-3, 6-1.
Defending champion and prime seed Karen Khachanov acquired a first-up bye.
AAP
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