Korea Open: Johnson through to second round
Steve Johnson won against JiSung Nam 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Tuesday
American Steve Johnson moved into the second round of the Korea Open by winning against wildcard JiSung Nam 7-6 (3), 6-4 at the Seoul Olympic Park on Tuesday. Johnson, ranked No 117, will play Radu Albot next.
Seoul ATP 250, other first-round matches (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 1.237.570, most recent results first):
- Taro Daniel vs. Emilio Gomez
- SoonWoo Kwon vs. Yunseong Chung
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Daniel Evans
- Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Jenson Brooksby vs. Tung-lin Wu
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Pedro Martinez: tuesday
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Ryan Peniston: tuesday
- Kaichi Uchida (WC) beat Seong Chan Hong (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Radu Albot beat Hiroki Moriya (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (7): 6-4, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 2-1 ret.
