John Millman reached the second round at the Sydney International for the third time on Tuesday, beating Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5.

The 29-year-old Brisbane native twice recovered from a break down in the deciding set, converting four of eight break points en route to a two-hour, 39-minute triumph. Millman improves to 2-0 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against the #NextGenATP American and will be aiming to reach the quarter-finals in Sydney for the first time.

The World No. 38 will meet seventh seed Marton Fucsovics for a place in the last eight. The 26-year-old Hungarian beat Australian wild card James Duckworth 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

On his Sydney main draw debut, qualifier Andrey Rublev upset sixth seed Lucas Pouille 6-2, 6-3. The 21-year-old Russian dropped just two points behind his first serve (24/26) to advance after 66 minutes. Rublev will face Yoshihito Nishioka for a place in the quarter-finals.

Australian wild card Jordan Thompson reached the quarter-finals in Sydney after recovering from a set and 2-4 down to beat lucky loser Taro Daniel 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-0. Thompson won 10 of 12 second serve return points in the deciding set to race to a two-hour, 26-minute win. Thompson will meet countryman Alex de Minaur or Reilly Opelka for a semi-final spot.

Eighth seed Andreas Seppi beat Brisbane semi-finalist Jeremy Chardy 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 to set a second-round clash against Martin Klizan. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez also advanced, beating Denis Kudla 7-5, 6-4. The Spanish qualifier will face third seed Diego Schwartzman in the second round.

Top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah escaped a tight opener at the Sydney International on Tuesday, beating Czech Roman Jebavy and Argentina’s Andres Molteni 7-6(5), 6-4.

Cabal/Farah, who reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals on debut, will next meet either Matthew Ebden/Robert Lindstedt or Brits Luke Bambridge/Jonny O’Mara, who fell in the Tata Open Maharashtra doubles final on Sunday.

Second seeds Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares earned victory No. 1 of their 2019 season, 6-4, 6-4 against Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez and Pakistani Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi.

Murray/Soares will meet Croatian Ivan Dodig and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who dismissed Tata Open Maharashtra champions Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan 6-2, 6-4.

David Ferrer plans to end his career the same way he’s competed for the past 20 years – with a fight.

The Spaniard breezed past Dutchman Robin Haase on Tuesday to reach the second round of the ASB Classic, 6-2, 6-1. The four-time champion (2007, 2011-13) hit 16 winners and broke Haase six times to improve to 32-9 in Auckland.

“I’m really happy I will have another chance to play again on this court, in Auckland. Thanks a lot for your support. It’s very emotional for me to be here,” Ferrer said on court. “My goal is to finish as best as possible. I am very happy with my game… I am trying to enjoy every time that I am on the court.”

The 36-year-old plans to retire after the Mutua Madrid Open in May. But he might take home a title or two before ending his career, which began at the turn of the millennium, in 2000.

Ferrer looked fresh against Haase, attacking the net and pinning the 2018 semi-finalist feet beyond the baseline. Haase, who led their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 2-0, spent much of the afternoon frustrated. He let that be known at 2-6, 1-3, when he let out a guttural roar to claps from the crowd. Ferrer will play Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff for a spot in the quarter-finals.

Argentine Leonardo Mayer upset ninth seed Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-3. Mayer converted four of his 11 break points and will next face Italian Matteo Berrettini.