High-seeded Taylor Fritz bought his North American hard-court season off to a robust begin by hitting 11 aces and saving the one break level he confronted in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Aleksandar Vukic on the DC Open on Wednesday.
Fritz is coming off a semifinal run on the grass of Wimbledon.
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He can be making an attempt to copy final yr’s robust displaying on this portion of the season, when he reached his first Grand Slam closing on the US Open.
After getting a first-round bye, Fritz now will play within the third spherical in opposition to Matteo Arnaldi, who eradicated No. 16 Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 7-5.
Seeded males advancing included No. 7 Alex De Minaur, No. 8 Daniil Medvedev and No. 11 Jiri Lehecka.
No. 10 Alexei Popyrin was defeated by qualifier Wu Yibing 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
