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Fritz saves 3 match points to beat No. 8 seed Lu in Memphis

Fritz saves 3 match points to beat No. 8 seed Lu in Memphis

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Taylor Fritz of the US plays a forehand return to Luxembourg's Giles Muller during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Photo: AP

MEMPHIS: Taylor Fritz saved three match points in a third-set tiebreaker to beat No. 8 seed Yen-Hsun Lu 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) on Tuesday night in the first round of the Memphis Open. Fritz, the runner-up in this event last year, won without ever breaking Lu's serve. Earlier Tuesday, qualifier Darian King defeated No. 5 seed Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-4. King, ranked 140th in the world, dropped just 12 points in 10 service games against the 32nd-ranked Tomic. Other winners Tuesday included No. 7 seed Steve Darcis, Ryan Harrison, Matthew Ebden and Tim Smyczek. Harrison won 6-3, 7-5 over Konstantin Kravchuk to advance to a second-round matchup with No. 3 seed Sam Querrey. Darcis won 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 over Radu Albot. Smyczek beat Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Ebden rallied from a break down in each of the last two sets to beat Peter Polansky 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1.