Shang starts fast in Winston-Salem

Chinese Juncheng Shang advanced to the second round of the Winston-Salem Open by beating Argentinian Francisco Comesana 6-2, 6-1 at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Monday.

Shang, ranked No 77, will play No 7 seed Mariano Navone next.

Winston-Salem ATP 250, other first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 779.780, most recent results first):

• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Corentin Moutet
• Omni Kumar vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• David Goffin vs. Jaume Munar
• Learner Tien vs. Tristan Schoolkate
• Laslo Djere vs. Zachary Svajda
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Strong Kirchheimer
• Federico Coria vs. Dominic Stricker: monday
• Alexandre Muller vs. Constant Lestienne: monday
• Christopher Eubanks (WC) beat Adam Walton: 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat James Duckworth: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
• Arthur Cazaux beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Borna Coric beat Sumit Nagal: 6-4, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Daniel Evans: 2-6, 6-4, 6-1