Winston-Salem Open: Vukic tops Van Assche, books spot in last 16

Australian Aleksandar Vukic, the No 9 seed, defeated Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday night.

Vukic, ranked No 51, will face Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 6 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament, Van Assche, ranked No 65, won against American qualifier Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (3-6, 6-3, 6-2).

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Winston-Salem ATP250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):

• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-2, 6-3
• Tallon Griekspoor (2) beat Jack Draper: 7-6 (8) ret.
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Yannick Hanfmann (10): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Dominik Koepfer beat Strong Kirchheimer (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Max Purcell beat Andrey Kuznetsov (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima beat Arthur Fils (7): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Sebastian Ofner (15): 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Laslo Djere (4) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-3, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet (12) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics (14) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
• Omni Kumar vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Michael Mmoh vs. Marcos Giron
• Borna Coric vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Mitchell Krueger