Pella made it back-to-back defeats for Japanese players after Kei Nishikori failed to win on his return to action. He won through in just over an hour 6-3, 6-0.
Stats wise, he hit 67% of first serve winning 79% of points and broke his serve 4/8 times while Nishioka didn't have a single opportunity to break.
Next up will be Feliciano Lopez or Pierre Hugues-Herbert - with the latter coming through Qualifying earlier today.
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