Atlanta Open: Karatsev eases past Harris to move into second round
Aslan Karatsev won against Billy Harris 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will face No 3 seed Frances Tiafoe in the next round
Aslan Karatsev, 2022 AI/Reuters/Panoramic
Russian Aslan Karatsev won against qualifier Billy Harris 6-2, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Atlanta Open at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
Karatsev, ranked No 107, will play No 3 seed Frances Tiafoe next.
Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round results (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):
- Reilly Opelka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Max Purcell
- Andres Martin vs. Juncheng Shang
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Harold Mayot vs. Borna Coric
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Adam Walton
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. J.J. Wolf: tuesday
- David Goffin beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
