Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden progressed to the second round of the Japan Open in Tokyo.
Ebden edged past Spain's Pablo Andujar in three sets, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4.
Meanwhile, American number one Mardy Fish had to dig deep before beating promising compatriot Ryan Harrison to reach the second round.
The fourth-seeded Fish, who was 0-2 down in the first two sets, finally pulled through 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 against the up-and-coming 19-year-old.
Fish broke back in the fifth game of the deciding set thanks to Harrison's double fault on a break point and then moved up to 6-5 with another break.
He squandered two match points, but made no mistake at the third attempt, firing a forehand shot down the line for a clean winner.
Ranked eighth in the world against Harrison's 80th, Fish will take on either Ernests Gulbis of Latvia or Lukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round.
Seventh seed Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, who reached the semi-finals last year in Tokyo, had no problem, beating Somdev Devvarman of India 6-4, 6-3.
AFP
Tags: tennis, sport, japan First posted October 03, 2011 22:17:17
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