TOKYO — Frances Tiafoe smashed his racket as he misplaced to qualifier Marton Fucsovics within the first spherical of the Japan Open on Wednesday, whereas Denis Shapovalov additionally suffered an upset loss.
The eighth-seeded Tiafoe struggled together with his first serve in a 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 loss to Fucsovics and smashed his racket towards the court docket floor simply after the Hungarian sealed the victory with a forehand winner.
Tiafoe has slipped to twenty ninth within the rankings. It was the fourth consecutive loss for the American after a third-round loss to Jan-Lennard Struff on the US Open and defeat in each of his matchups towards the Czech Republic in Davis Cup qualifying this month.
Fucsovics will subsequent play both Jordan Thompson or Brandon Nakashima within the second spherical in Tokyo.
Seventh-seeded Shapovalov misplaced 7-5, 6-3 to Daniel Altmaier, who goes on to play both Damir Dzumhur or Aleksandar Vukic.
