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Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka won his men’s singles first-round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday, his first victory at the tournament in three years, seeing off Nuno Borges of Portugal 6-2, 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3. The 90th-ranked Nishioka made the last 16 at both the Australian and French Open last year but had gone out in the first round at the Grand Slams since. Winning a closely fought, rain-interrupted second set proved crucial for Nishioka, who gave the 50th-ranked Borges a 40-0 advantage in the 12th game before finding his way back, also scoring five straight points from 6-3 down in the tiebreak to …

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