Tiafoe d. Nishioka

Tiafoe beat Nishioka 7-6(6), 6-4 in the first round at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel - Acapulco. Tiafoe won 79 of 145 points (54%). Tiafoe hit 9 aces to 2 and won 76% of points behind the first serve (35/46) against 63% for Nishioka. Tiafoe converted 2 of 4 break points and saved 1 of 2 faced; Nishioka converted 1 of 2. The match was played on hard in Mexico.