Atlanta Open: Mannarino replaces Kyrgios with a win over Gojowczyk
Adrian Mannarino beat Peter Gojowczyk 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Wednesday night. He’ll face American wildcard Andres Martin in the next round
Adrian Mannarino, 2021 | © Panoramic
French lucky loser Adrian Mannarino defeated German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk 6-3, 7-6 (7) to advance to the second round of the Atlanta Open at the Atlantic Stadion on Wednesday night.
Adrian Mannarino replaced Nick Kyrgios because of a pain at the left knee. “I’m shattered that I’m not able to compete tonight…all I wanted to do was come out here and give you guys a show. I hope you guys won’t be too hard on me. I want to still play doubles tomorrow night and comeback next year for singles.”
“I’m shattered that I’m not able to compete tonight…all I wanted to do was come out here and give you guys a show.”
Unfortunately, 2016 champ @NickKyrgios has withdrawn from the singles draw in Atlanta 😢#AtlantaOpen pic.twitter.com/2Phpori42g
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 27, 2022
Mannarino, ranked No 78, will play American wildcard Andres Martin next.
Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round matches (Atlantic Stadion, hard, USD 792.980, most recent results first):
- James Duckworth beat Dominik Koepfer (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Andres Martin beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-2
- 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
