Atlanta: Goffin beats Shapovalov in battle of former top 10 players to reach second round

In a battle of former top 10-ranked players, Belgian David Goffin scored a three-set win over Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov to move into the second round of the Atlanta Open on Monday evening.

Goffin needed two hours and seven minutes to beat Shapovalov 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

The Belgian, ranked No 98 in the world currently, will face the winner of the match between Christopher O’Connell and No 8 seed Max Purcell next.

Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round matches (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):

• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Reilly Opelka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Max Purcell
• Andres Martin vs. Juncheng Shang
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Borna Coric
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Adam Walton
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. J.J. Wolf
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Billy Harris

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