Marcos Baghdatis beats Benjamim Becker to earn clash with Nick Kyrgios

Cypriot Baghdatis compiled 26 winners, twice the number of his opponent, and broke the German's serve three times. The victory sets Baghdatis up for a second-round clash, and his first career meeting, with Australian Nick Kyrgios.

In other first round games on Thursday, Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan posted his first win of the year, and it took him nearly three hours to do so as he beat Croat teen Borna Coric 4-6 7-5 7-5.

The world number 76 plays Andy Murray in the second round.

Novak Djokovic, coming off victory at Indian Wells, and Roger Federer, who has missed almost two months with a knee injury, take to the court on Friday.

Federer meets the man who beat him in the 2009 U.S. Open final, Juan Martin del Potro, while top seed Djokovic faces Briton Kyle Edmund.

Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-3 6-4

Denis Kudla (U.S.) beat Chung Hyeon (South Korea) 6-3 3-6 6-1

Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-2 2-6 6-3

Tatsuma Ito (Japan) beat Nicolas Mahut (France) 7-6(3) 6-2

Mikhail Kukushkin (Russia) beat Brian Baker (U.S.) 6-4 6-2

Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat Borna Coric (Croatia) 4-6 7-5 7-5

Tim Smyczek (U.S.) beat Tommy Paul (U.S.) 6-4 5-7 7-5

Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) beat Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil) 6-2 6-3

Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Illya Marchenko (Ukraine) 2-6 6-2 6-3

Aljaz Bedene (Britain) beat Roberto Carballes (Spain) 4-6 6-2 6-3

John Millman (Australia) beat Pablo Carreno (Spain) 6-3 6-2

Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Donald Young (U.S.) 6-3 6-1

Federico Delbonis (Argentina) beat Elias Ymer (Sweden) 6-1 4-6 6-3

Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) beat Nicolas Jarry (Chile) 7-6(7) 7-5

Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 4-6 6-3 6-4 Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) beat Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 7-5 6-4