Hall of Fame Open: Brouwer beats Purcell to book spot in second round

Dutchman Gijs Brouwer beat Australian Max Purcell, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Hall of Fame Open at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport.

Brouwer, ranked No 145, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Gabriel Diallo and South African wildcard Kevin Anderson next.

Newport ATP250, other first-round results (International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, grass, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Yunseong Chung vs. Steve Johnson
• Li Tu vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Kevin Anderson
• Ethan Quinn vs. Mukund Sasikumar
• James Duckworth vs. Constant Lestienne
• John Isner vs. Alex Bolt: tuesday
• Alex Michelsen beat Maxime Cressy (5): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5
• Corentin Moutet (8) beat Eliot Spizzirri (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-0
• Rinky Hijikata beat Abdullah Shelbayh: 6-3, 6-4
• Jordan Thompson (7) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-0, 6-1
• Liam Broady beat Shintaro Mochizuki: 6-1, 7-5