Winston-Salem Open: O’Connell makes second round
Christopher O’Connell defeated Strong Kirchheimer 7-5, 6-4 on Monday evening and will play No 12 seed Arthur Rinderknech in the next round
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Australian Christopher O’Connell moved into the second round of the Winston-Salem Open by winning against American qualifier Strong Kirchheimer 7-5, 6-4 at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Monday evening.
O’Connell, ranked No 86, will play No 12 seed Arthur Rinderknech 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: monday
- David Goffin vs. Jaume Munar: monday
- Learner Tien vs. Tristan Schoolkate: monday
- Zachary Svajda (LL) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-1
- Juncheng Shang beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 6-1
- Dominic Stricker beat Federico Coria: 7-5, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller beat Constant Lestienne: 6-3, 6-2
- 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
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