Winston-Salem Open: Lucky loser Kumar upsets eighth seed Cerundolo
The American upset Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday to move into the third round
American lucky loser Omni Kumar upset Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 8 seed, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday.
Kumar, ranked No 385, will play Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo next.
Lucky loser no more, Omni #Kumar! 🔥
— Winston-Salem Open (@WSOpen) August 23, 2023
Last night, Kumar upset French World No. 73 Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-6(3) and tonight he does it AGAIN, beating World No. 55 & 2022 WSO Semi-finalist, Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 7-5.#WSOpen | #dtws | #atptour | #upset pic.twitter.com/BxldvNJSIB
The 21-year-old American defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-3, 7-6 (3)) in the opening round of the Winston-Salem tournament.
Winston-Salem ATP250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):
- Borna Coric (1) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Jiri Lehecka (5) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Sebastian Korda (3) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-2, 6-3
- Aleksandar Vukic (9) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 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 (6) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Marton Fucsovics (14) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
- Michael Mmoh vs. Marcos Giron
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