Atlanta Open: Nakashima moves into second round

American Brandon Nakashima, the No 8 seed, defeated Australian Jordan Thompson 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Atlanta Open at the Atlantic Stadion on Monday evening.

Nakashima, ranked No 56, will face John Millman next, after he defeted Alexei Popyrin.

Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round matches (Atlantic Stadion, hard, USD 792.980, most recent results first):

• Peter Gojowczyk vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Andres Martin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Dominik Koepfer vs. James Duckworth
• Ben Shelton vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Denis Kudla vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Jack Sock vs. Tommy Paul
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Benoit Paire
• Quentin Halys vs. Ilya Ivashka
• John Millman vs. Alexei Popyrin: monday
• Taro Daniel (Q) beat Sebastian Korda: 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• SoonWoo Kwon beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-5