Houston Open: Nakashima advances to second round

American Brandon Nakashima reached the second round of the Houston Open by beating Croat Duje Ajdukovic 6-1, 6-4 at River Oaks Country Club on Monday.

Nakashima, ranked No 92, will play the winner of the match between Australian Rinky Hijikata and American Christopher Eubanks, the No 5 seed, 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
• Patrick Kypson vs. Zizou Bergs