Los Cabos Open: Nakashima advances to second round
Brandon Nakashima won against Kaichi Uchida 7-6 (1), 6-2 on Wednesday night. He’ll face Australian qualifier Max Purcell in the next round
Brandon Nakashima, Wimbledon 2022, © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
American Brandon Nakashima, the No 6 seed, won against Japanese qualifier Kaichi Uchida 7-6 (1), 6-2 to reach the second round of the Los Cabos Open at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Tuesday.
Nakashima, ranked No 61, will play Australian qualifier Max Purcell next.
Los Cabos ATP 250, first-round results (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 920.625, most recent results first):
- Jordan Thompson beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-0
- Steve Johnson beat Gonzalo Villanueva (LL): 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Radu Albot beat Feliciano López (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Juan Alejandro Hernandez (WC) beat Nicolas Barrientos (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Jason Kubler beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (8): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1
- Facundo Bagnis beat Ernesto Escobedo: 6-3, 6-1
- Max Purcell beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Nick Chappell (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (WC): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
- Ricardas Berankis beat Quentin Halys (9): 7-6 (1), 7-5
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Fernando Verdasco
