Adelaide Open: Tu moves into second round
Li Tu won against James Duckworth 6-1, 7-5 on Tuesday. He’ll face qualifier Benjamin Bonzi in the next round
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Wildcard Li Tu advanced to the second round of the Adelaide Open by beating qualifier James Duckworth 6-1, 7-5 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Tu, ranked No 179, will face qualifier Benjamin Bonzi next.
Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Tristan Schoolkate
- David Goffin vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Bublik vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Adam Walton
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Marcos Giron
- Manuel Guinard vs. Roman Safiullin
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Christopher O’Connell beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 7-5, 6-2
- Denis Shapovalov beat Zhizhen Zhang (9): 6-3, 6-4
