Houston Open: Bergs reaches second round, plays top seed Shelton next
Zizou Bergs beat Patrick Kypson 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Monday evening and will play top seed Ben Shelton in the next round
Zizou Bergs (Laurent Sanson / Panoramic)
Belgian Zizou Bergs advanced to the second round of the Houston Open by defeating American qualifier Patrick Kypson 7-6 (5), 6-3 at River Oaks Country Club on Monday evening.
Bergs, ranked No 111, will face top seed Ben Shelton next.
Houston ATP 250, other first-round results (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 742.350, most recent results first):
- Alexander Ritschard vs. J.J. Wolf
- Luciano Darderi vs. Denis Kudla
- Marcos Giron vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Gijs Brouwer vs. James Duckworth
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Jordan Thompson vs. Yibing Wu
- Alex Michelsen vs. Max Purcell
- Michael Mmoh vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Benoit Paire
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Brandon Nakashima beat Duje Ajdukovic: 6-1, 6-4
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