Delray Beach Open: Hijikata beats Broady to reach second round

Australian Rinky Hijikata reached the second round of the Delray Beach Open by beating Liam Broady 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center.

Hijikata, ranked No 84, will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi, the No 6 seed, next.

Delray Beach ATP 250, other first-round results (Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center, hard, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• Alex Michelsen vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Marcos Giron vs. Emilio Nava
• Radu Albot vs. Juncheng Shang
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Taro Daniel
• Max Purcell vs. Zachary Svajda
• Daniel Evans vs. Jordan Thompson: tuesday
• Patrick Kypson (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (5): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Nuno Borges beat Gabriel Diallo (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Constant Lestienne beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-4