Galarneau Scores First Main-Draw Win; Carreno Busta Edges Draxl

Three of the local favourites were on Centre Court, two of them making their ATP Tour main-draw debuts, in a schedule that also featured one of the hottest prospects one tour.

Here are the results from Monday.

CENTRE COURT 

• Jaume Munar (ESP) d. [Q] Dan Martin (CAN) 6-3, 6-0
  • The match stayed on serve through six games but once Munar broke, the floodgates opened. At hold for 3-3 was the first of 10 games in a row for the Spaniard as he raced into round two.
• [Q] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) d. Joao Fonseca (BRA) 7-6(5),  6-4
  • Schoolkate delivered a lights-out serving performance, never dropping serve in a straight-set win over the Brazilian teen. Not only did he never get broken, the Aussie never allowed Fonseca a break point, winning 78 per cent of his total service points, dropping just four total points on his first serve. He converted one of his two break points and never let the teen back in it in the second set once he had the lead.

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• Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) d. [WC] Liam Draxl (CAN) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
  • In his first ATP Tour main draw match, Draxl came flying out of the gate, racing to a quick 3-0 lead and taking the first set in less than half an hour. However, Carreno Busta settled in and finally solved the Canadian's serve midway through the second set. In the decider, with the raucous Toronto crowd at his back, Draxl fought to the end. He rallied from a break down to draw back to 3-3 but was immediately broken again and this time, Carreno Busta hung on.
• [WC] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) d. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 7-6(2), 6-3
  • After a stinging loss two years ago on Centre Court, Galarneau looking to establish himself early and scored a quick break. While Rinderkench broke back and forced a tiebreak, the Canadian ran away with it to claim the opening set. One break in the sixth game of the second set was enough for Galarneau as he clung to his serve in the final game, saving two break points before converting his second match point. It was his first win in an ATP Tour main draw.

MOTOROLA RAZR GRANDSTAND COURT 

• Mackenzie McDonald (USA) d. David Goffin (BEL) 6-4, 6-4
  • McDonald started slow but picked up his game after being broken early, winning 5 of the last six games in the first set and then breaking in the final game of the second to seal the win.
• Hugo Gaston (FRA) d. Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 3-6, 6-4, 2-0 ret.
  • Gaston won five games in a row to take the second set and go up a break in the third before Bellucci was forced to retire with an injury.
• [Q] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Marcos Giron (USA) 6-4, 6-4
  • Mannarino saved his best for last in both sets, breaking Giron in the final game of each.
• [WC] Matteo Gigante (ITA) d. Borna Coric (CRO) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(2)
  • Gigante trailed by a break twice in the deciding set and was down an early minibreak in the tiebreak, but he finished strong, winning the last five points in a row.
• Fabian Marozsan (HUN) d. Hugo Dellien (BOL) 6-2, 6-2
  • Despite running into some difficulty midway through the second set, Marozsan was able to keep his nose in front throughout, breaking five times in the win.

COURT 1 

• Ethan Quinn (USA) d. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 7-6(1), 6-2
  • Quinn dominated the first set tiebreak and carried that momentum into the second set, breaking early for a lead he never relinquished.
• Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d. Pedro Martinez (ESP) 7-5, 6-3
  • In a match fulls of breaks, five of them went the way of the Aussie as he stamped out Martinez's momentum every time the Spaniard made a push.
• Francisco Comesana (ARG) d. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-3, 7-5
  • In both sets, Comesana broke first only to be broken back immediately. But on both occasions, he found a way to secure another break later in the set.
• Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) vs Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) 6-4, 4-1 ret.
  • Carballes Baena fell behind 3-1 in the first set but proceeded to win seven of the next nine games before Carabelli retired.

COURT 4

• Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) d. Vit Kopriva (CZE) 7-6(4), 6-2
  • It took some time for Bu to wear down Kopriva, who saved eight break points in his last three service games of the first set, but the Chinese managed to take the tiebreak and then ran away with the second set.
• [Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) d. Daniel Altmaier (GER) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
  • Watanuki responds brilliantly after dropping the first set, breaking early in both the second and third and never surrendering his own serve after the first.
• [Q] Tristan Boyer (USA) d. Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 7-5, 7-6(3)
  • Boyer saved his best for late in the sets, securing the lone break of the match in the 11th game of the first and winning the last four points of the second-set tiebreak to clinch the win.

COURT 3 

• Christopher O'Connell (AUS) d. [LL] Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 6-1, 6-2
  • O'Connell was locked in on return, breaking in Tseng's first five service games as he established early leads in both sets and never looked back.
• [LL] Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) d. [Q] Alexander Blockx (BEL) 6-4, 6-2
  • Svrcina got hot late, winning the last five games in a row to score the win after getting into the draw as a luck loser.

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