Donald Young has rallied from a break down in each of the last two sets to defeat No.6 seed Adrian Mannarino 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-4) in the opening round of the Memphis Open.
World No. 81 Young served for the match at 5-3 in the third set but failed to hold. The American regrouped from there and erased a 3-1 deficit in the third-set tiebreak.
Frenchman Mannarino had led 4-2 in the second set and 2-0 in the third.
In another first-round match, Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan defeated Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4 6-4.
Nishioka, who reached the quarter-finals of this event last year, will face No. 2 seed John Isner in the second round.
Australia have three players in the field in No.5 seed Bernard Tomic, Matthew Ebden and Jordan Thompson.
Kei Nishikori, who won the last four Memphis Open titles, is not in the field this year.
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