Atlanta : College player Andres Martin, ATP No736, defeats Kokkinakis, Mannarino next
Andres Martin won against Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk and Australian Nick Kyrgios, the No 7 seed, in the next round
American wildcard Andres Martin, aged 21, won against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Atlanta Open at the Atlantic Stadion on Tuesday night.
Georgia Tech’s number 1 player is only ranked No736 at the ATP. It is his third professional tournament (the first on the ATP Tour).
STAND UP, GEORGIA 🙌@GeorgiaTech star Andres Martin, No. 736 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, stuns Kokkinakis 6-3 6-2 for his first ATP Tour win!#AtlantaOpen pic.twitter.com/9PyLee7LTV
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 27, 2022
Andres Martin will play Adrian Mannarino next. The Frenchman replaced Nick Kyrgios in the draw.
Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round matches (Atlantic Stadion, hard, USD 792.980, most recent results first):
- Ben Shelton (WC) beat Ramkumar Ramanathan (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Denis Kudla: 6-2, 7-6 (8)
- Tommy Paul (5) beat Jack Sock (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Jenson Brooksby (6) beat Benoit Paire: 6-3, 6-1
- Ilya Ivashka beat Quentin Halys: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
- John Millman beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (8) beat Jordan Thompson: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
- Taro Daniel (Q) beat Sebastian Korda: 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-5
