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Japanese will next meet Zverev or Khachanov
Two-time Gerry Weber Open semi-finalist Kei Nishikori started his grass-court season with a convincing 6-3, 7-6(3) win against German qualifier Matthias Bachinger on Monday in Halle.
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The seventh-seeded Nishikori, who reached the last four in 2014-15, won 70 per cent of his second-serve points (19/27) and broke three times to advance in 82 minutes. Nishikori will next meet German Mischa Zverev or Karen Khachanov of Russia.
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Spain's Robert Bautista Agut saved all four break points and overcame big-hitting German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-1. The fourth seed feasted on Struff's second serve, winning 72 per cent (18/25) of those points.
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Bautista Agut, who made the quarter-finals last year, will next face Dutchman Robin Haase, who evened his FedEx ATP Head2Head series with Portugal's Joao Sousa (2-2) with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory. Haase and Sousa have split their two FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings (1-1).
Two-time Gerry Weber Open semi-finalist Kei Nishikori started his grass-court season with a convincing 6-3, 7-6(3) win against German qualifier Matthias Bachinger on Monday in Halle.
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The seventh-seeded Nishikori, who reached the last four in 2014-15, won 70 per cent of his second-serve points (19/27) and broke three times to advance in 82 minutes. Nishikori will next meet German Mischa Zverev or Karen Khachanov of Russia.
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Spain's Robert Bautista Agut saved all four break points and overcame big-hitting German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-1. The fourth seed feasted on Struff's second serve, winning 72 per cent (18/25) of those points.
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Bautista Agut, who made the quarter-finals last year, will next face Dutchman Robin Haase, who evened his FedEx ATP Head2Head series with Portugal's Joao Sousa (2-2) with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory. Haase and Sousa have split their two FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings (1-1).