Atlanta Open: Bellucci advances to second round as Vukic retires injured
Mattia Bellucci benefited from the retirement of Aleksandar Vukic (1-6, 6-4, 3-1) in Atlanta. He’ll face second seed Adrian Mannarino in the next round
Mattia Bellucci of Italy returns a ball to Dennis Novak of Austria during their second round match at the ATP Challenger Pekao Open tennis tournament in Szczecin, Poland, 15 September 2022. || 241541_0004 tennis
Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci advanced to the second round of the Atlanta Open when Australian Aleksandar Vukic retired at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
Bellucci, ranked No 146, led 1-6, 6-4, 3-1 when Vukic, ranked No 60, pulled out on Tuesday evening at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
The Italian will play second seed Adrian Mannarino next.
Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round results (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):
- Reilly Opelka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Max Purcell
- Andres Martin vs. Juncheng Shang
- Harold Mayot vs. Borna Coric: tuesday
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Brandon Nakashima (7): 6-2, 6-4
- Adam Walton (LL) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (6): 6-4, 6-4
- Arthur Rinderknech beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-3, 6-2
- Aslan Karatsev beat Billy Harris (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- David Goffin beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
