Houston : Brouwer books spot in second round against Isner

Dutchman Gijs Brouwer reached the second round of the US Clay Court Championships by defeating American Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 6-4 at River Oaks Country Club in Houston on Monday evening.

Brouwer, ranked No 123, will play No 4 seed John Isner next.

Houston ATP250, other first-round results (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Max Purcell vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Tomas Machac vs. Jack Sock
• Marcos Giron vs. Emilio Gomez
• Hugo Dellien vs. Cristian Garin
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Jordan Thompson vs. J.J. Wolf
• Steve Johnson vs. Facundo Bagnis
• Fernando Verdasco vs. Jason Kubler
• Denis Kudla beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-2, 6-3