Terence Atmane upsets Frances Tiafoe in Washington

France’s Terence Atmane avenged a first-round Wimbledon loss to Frances Tiafoe, prevailing 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday in the first ​round of the Mubadala DC Open in Washington.

Tiafoe, a ‌Washington-area native, was the tournament’s sixth seed.

Atmane got the decisive service break in the next-to-last game, then served out the match.

Earlier in the day, ​third-seeded Taylor Fritz swept his service games and rolled ​to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Belgium’s Zizou Bergs.

Fritz ⁠saved all four break points he faced while converting two ​of his four break opportunities. The California native was playing ​his first match since losing in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon to Germany’s Alexander Zverev.

Fourth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti won an all-Italian matchup when Matteo Arnaldi retired while ​trailing 6-0, 3-1. Musetti was returning from injury issues that ​kept him out since early May.

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Also advancing to the second round were ‌Australia’s ⁠Aleksandar Vukic, Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo.

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Australia’s Bernard Tomic was nearly perfect in the first round at Los Cabos, Mexico, powering to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Mexico’s ​Alex Hernandez.

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Hernandez, a ​27-year-old qualifier ⁠who is ranked No. 498 in the world, held serve while trailing 5-0 in the first ​set to avoid a double bagel. Tomic, a ​33-year-old ⁠who is ranked 171st, made the main draw as a lucky loser from qualifying.

In other first-round action, fifth-seeded Cameron Norrie of the ⁠United ​Kingdom eased past Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 6-1. ​U.S. qualifier Tristan Boyer downed Canada’s Gabriel Diallo 7-5, 6-2, and Hong Kong’s ​Chak Lam Coleman Wong beat Darwin Blanch 6-3, 6-4.