Houston Open: Galan advances to second round

Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan advanced to the second round of the Houston Open by beating Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 (13), 6-4 at River Oaks Country Club on Tuesday.

Galan, ranked No 83, will play No 4 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

Houston ATP 250, other first-round results (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 742.350, most recent results first):

• Jordan Thompson vs. Yibing Wu
• Marcos Giron vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Alex Michelsen vs. Max Purcell
• Michael Mmoh vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Gijs Brouwer vs. James Duckworth
• Luciano Darderi vs. Denis Kudla: tuesday
• J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Ritschard (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata beat Christopher Eubanks (5): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Zizou Bergs beat Patrick Kypson (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima beat Duje Ajdukovic: 6-1, 6-4