Atlanta Open: McDonald breezes past Nakashima to reach second round

Mackenzie McDonald defeated No 7 seed Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Atlanta Open at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

McDonald, ranked No 97, will play Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 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
• Adam Walton (LL) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (6): 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Aslan Karatsev beat Billy Harris (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• 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)