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Top seed Marin Cilic played with great assurance on Monday at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships as he continued his comeback from an adductor injury with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over #NextGenATP Greek qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas in 74 minutes. Cilic, who celebrated his 29th birthday on 28 September, lost his serve just once in the third game of the pair’s first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, ultimately finishing with eight aces and having won 24 of his 29 first service points. “He’s a good player, an upcoming star of men’s tennis, who broke me early and forced me to find my best level and a good rhythm,” said Cilic. “At the end, I was pleased with the way I served...

Marin Cilic thwarts Stefanos Tsitsipas with this forehand lob over the Greek teenager in the Tokyo first round. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.

Dominic Thiem took time out from his preparations for the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships to visit a Tokyo sushi restaurant and the Odaiba-Ferris wheel on Monday. The Austrian, who is making his first appearance in Tokyo since 2014, served and ate sushi dressed in traditional sushi chef uniform and then enjoyed the cityscape from the ferris wheel. Thiem, 24, is currently No. 4 in the Emirates ATP Race To London for one of the six remaining berths at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November. He takes on American Steve Johnson in the Tokyo first round on Tuesday.  

Fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut reacts to his straightforward first-round win over Ze Zhang in Beijing. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.