Feliciano Lopez, Kyle Edmund move into Beijing second round

ByReuters

Updated 01/10/2018 at 14:22 GMT

Feliciano Lopez saved three match points before upsetting Croatia's Borna Coric 7-5 5-7 7-5 to move into the China Open second round.

Feliciano Lopez

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Spain's Lopez began slowly and trailed 5-2 but he recovered strongly to take the first set before Coric, seeded seventh, clawed his way back to force a decider.

The 21-year-old Coric switched gears to go 5-4 up in the third set but could not prevent a dogged Lopez from securing victory in two hours and 45 minutes.

World number 71 Lopez next takes on Germany's Mischa Zverev or Filip Krajinovic of Serbia.

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Briton Kyle Edmund also sealed his place in the next round with a 3-6 6-1 6-2 win over Germany's Peter Gojowczyk. The fifth seed fired 13 aces to progress in one hour and 31 minutes.

Russia's Karen Khachanov powered past American Sam Querrey 6-4 6-4.

Top seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, bidding for his third title of the season, begins his campaign against Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Tuesday.

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