ATP Adelaide: Australian wildcard O’Connell into second round
Christopher O’Connell won against Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play Russian Alexander Shevchenko in the next round
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Australian wildcard Christopher O’Connell moved into the second round of the Adelaide Open by defeating French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-4 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
O’Connell, ranked No 71, will play Russian Alexander Shevchenko next.
Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 661,585):
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (LL): 6-4, 6-3
- Dusan Lajovic beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5
- Jack Draper beat Sebastian Baez (5): 6-1, 6-3
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Daniel Evans
- James McCabe vs. Alexander Bublik
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Adam Walton
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Jordan Thompson vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Alex Bolt vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
