Delray Beach Open: Albot beats Shang to move into second round

Qualifier Radu Albot beat Chinese Juncheng Shang 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Delray Beach Open at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center.

Albot, ranked No 137, will face second seed Frances Tiafoe next.

Delray Beach ATP 250, other first-round results (Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center, hard, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• Alex Michelsen vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
• Marcos Giron beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Flavio Cobolli (LL) beat Taro Daniel: 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Zachary Svajda (Q) beat Max Purcell (8): 7-5, 6-3
• Jordan Thompson beat Daniel Evans (7): 7-5, 6-0
• Rinky Hijikata beat Liam Broady: 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
• Patrick Kypson (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (5): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Nuno Borges beat Gabriel Diallo (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Matteo Arnaldi (6) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Constant Lestienne beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-4