Hall of Fame Open: Cressy edges Albot in third set tiebreak to reach second round

American Maxime Cressy advanced to the second round of the Hall of Fame Open by edging out Radu Albot 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport on Monday evening.

This was the American’s first ATP level win of the year. Ranked No 180, Cressy will face No 3 seed Alex Michelsen next.

Newport ATP 250, other first-round matches (International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, grass, USD 661,585):

• Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Harold Mayot: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Emilio Nava
• Jakub Mensik vs. Alex Bolt
• Eliot Spizzirri vs. Li Tu
• Ethan Quinn vs. Marc Polmans
• Billy Harris vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Zachary Svajda vs. Benoit Paire
• Constant Lestienne vs. Reilly Opelka