Tiafoe smashes racket in first-round Tokyo loss

Tiafoe has slipped to 29th in the world rankings. It was the fourth consecutive loss for the American after a third-round loss to Jan-Lennard Struff at the US Open and defeat in both of his matchups against the Czech Republic in Davis Cup qualifying this month.

Fucsovics will next play either Australian Jordan Thompson or Brandon Nakashima in the second round in Tokyo.

Seventh-seeded Shapovalov lost 7-5 6-3 to Daniel Altmaier, who goes on to play the winner of Damir Dzumhur and Sydneysider Aleksandar Vukic.