ATP Adelaide International: Tommy Paul sets up Draper showdown

American Tommy Paul, the No 8 seed, advanced to the second round of the ATP Adelaide International by beating Australian lucky loser Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 7-5 at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Paul, ranked No 35 in the world, will next face off against young British left-hander Jack Draper.

Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 713,495, most recent results first):

• Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Alexei Popyrin (WC): 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-5
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Miomir Kecmanovic (6) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-4, 7-5
• Jack Draper beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Daniel Evans (5): 7-5, 7-5
• Jason Kubler vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• SoonWoo Kwon vs. Tomas Machac
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Mikael Ymer
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Maxime Cressy
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. John Millman

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