Updated: Cilic overpowers Paire; Almagro pulls out with illness

TOKYO — Maran Cilic advanced to the second round of the Rakuten Japan Open with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 win Monday over last year’s finalist Benoit Paire. The fourth-seeded Cilic had five aces on his way to securing the opening set in only 20 minutes at Ariake Colosseum. Paire broke the Croatian only once, in […]