Adelaide Open: Hijikata reaches second round
Rinky Hijikata won against David Goffin 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday and will play American Brandon Nakashima in the next round
Rinky Hijikata
Australian lucky loser Rinky Hijikata won against Belgian David Goffin 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Hijikata, ranked No 79, will face American Brandon Nakashima, the No 7 seed, 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
- Brandon Nakashima beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
- Arthur Cazaux beat Adam Walton (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Alexander Bublik (6): 6-4, 6-2
- Li Tu (WC) beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Marcos Giron beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Manuel Guinard (LL) beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1
- 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
