Dimitrov exits in Dubai 1st round

Day Two claimed upsets in both Dubai and Acapulco.

Top seed Grigor Dimitrov was bounced out of Dubai by wildcard Malek Jaziri, ranked 117, 4-6 7-5 6-4.

Richard Gasquet (5) was the other seed to fall, beaten by Borna Coric 6-4 6-3.

Acapulco wasn’t the best for the US, wildcard Jack Sock (4) continuing an ordinary start to 2018, dismissed by qualifier Ernesto Escobedo 7-5 7-6(3).

Sam Querrey (7) joined Sock in the exit queue, Matt Ebden prevailing 6-3 1-6 7-6(5).

Dubai:

Remaining first round matches 

Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Joao Sousa 4-6 6-4 7-6(8)

Filip Krajinovic (7) defeated Thomas Fabbiano 0-6 6-2 6-2

Evgeny Donskoy defeated lucky loser in qualifying Blaz Kavcic 6-3 6-4

Damir Dzumhur (4) defeated qualifier Yannick Maden 6-3 6-4

Yuichi Sugita (8) defeated Ilya Ivashka 7-5 6-1

Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2 6-4

Karen Khachanov defeated Denis Istomin 7-6(1) 7-6(0)

Lucas Pouille (2) defeated qualifier Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-4

Acapulco:

Remaining men’s first round matches

Feliciano López defeated lucky loser in qualifying Taro Daniel 4-6 6-3 6-4

Wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated qualifier Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-3

Hyeon Chung defeated Donald Young 7-6(5) 6-1

Adrian Mannarino defeated qualifier Ricardas Berankis 7-5 6-1

Juan Martin del Potro (6) defeated Mischa Zverev 6-1 6-2

Denis Shapovalov defeated Kei Nishikori 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1

Dominic Thiem (3) defeated qualifier Cameron Norrie 6-3 5-7 7-5

Diego Schwartzman defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-4

Peter Gojowczyk defeated wildcard Lucas Gomez 6-3 6-2

Sascha Zverev (2) defeated Mackenzie McDonald 6-3 7-5

Remaining women’s first round matches 

Sloane Stephens (1) defeated Pauline Parmentier 6-4 6-0, her first win since the 2017 US Open final.

Qualifier Arantxa Rus defeated wildcard Kayla Day 4-6 6-1 6-0

Maria Sakkari defeated Lara Arruabarrena 6-3 7-6(1)

Stefanie Voegele defeated Tatjana Maria (8) 6-2 7-5

Shuai Zhang (4) defeated qualifier Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-1

Jil Teichmann defeated qualifier Jana Fett 7-5 7-5

Qualifier Rebecca Peterson defeated Alize Cornet (6) 6-2 6-4

Wildcard Renata Zarazua defeated Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 6-4

Beatriz Haddad Maia defeated Heather Watson 7-5 4-6 6-1

Kiki Mladenovic (2) defeated qualifier Amandine Hesse 6-2 6-2

São Paulo:

Remaining first round matches 

Qualifier Guilherme Clezar defeated wildcard Thiago Monteiro 6-3 1-6 7-5

Nicolas Jarry defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-4 1-6 7-5

Guido Pella (6) defeated wildcard Corentin Moutet 4-6 6-1 6-2

Horacio Zeballos defeated Thomaz Bellucci 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3

Nicolas Kicker defeated Víctor Estrella Burgos 7-6(5) 6-3

Rogerio Dutra defeated Tennys Sandgren (7) 6-0 6-4

Qualifier Sébastian Ofner defeated Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-3