Australian Jordan Thompson defeated Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, with a score of 7-6 (5), 6-1 to move on to the second round of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon.
Thompson, who is ranked No 29, is set to face Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori in the next round.
Tokyo ATP 500, other first-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 1,818,380, most recent results first):
- Kei Nishikori defeated Marin Cilic: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Arthur Fils defeated Taylor Fritz (1): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Holger Rune (6) defeated Alejandro Tabilo: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
- Christopher O’Connell (Q) defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Brandon Nakashima defeated Frances Tiafoe (7): 7-5, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (8) defeated Reilly Opelka: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen (Q) defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Tomas Machac defeated Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5
- Yoshihito Nishioka (WC) defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Jack Draper defeated Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Tommy Paul (5) defeated Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert defeated Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Hubert Hurkacz (2) defeated Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Matteo Berrettini defeated Botic van de Zandschulp (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Mariano Navone defeated Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4
