Dallas Open: Purcell moves into second round, just

Australian Max Purcell, the No 6 seed, advanced to the second round of the Dallas Open by edging out American wildcard Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Monday night.

The Aussie made matters hard for himself, giving up a comfortable spot at 5-4, 40-15 on serve in the deciding set. However, he was able to graft his way through and win in a tiebreak, booking a second round meeting against either Nicolas Moreno De Alboran or Marcos Giron next.

Dallas ATP 250, other first-round results (Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):

• Dominik Koepfer vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Jordan Thompson vs. Adam Neff
• Ethan Quinn vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Denis Kudla vs. Radu Albot
• Pedro Martinez vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Emilio Nava vs. Michael Mmoh
• Steve Johnson vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Marcos Giron
• James Duckworth vs. Zachary Svajda
• Tennys Sandgren vs. Alex Michelsen
• Taro Daniel beat Constant Lestienne: 4-6, 6-4, 5-0 ret.