San Diego Open: O’Connell advances to second round
Christopher O’Connell benefited from the abandonment of Jason Kubler (4-6, 6-3) on Wednesday evening and will face No 8 seed J.J. Wolf in the next round
Christopher O’Connell advanced to the second round of the San Diego Open when Jason Kubler retired at the Barnes Tennis Centre on Wednesday evening.
O’Connell, ranked No 130, led 4-6, 6-3 when Kubler, ranked No 99, pulled out on Wednesday evening at the Barnes Tennis Centre.
Christopher O’Connell will face No 8 seed J.J. Wolf next.
San Diego ATP 250, other first-round results (Barnes Tennis Centre, hard, USD 612.000, most recent results first):
- Steve Johnson vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-0, 6-2
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima (5) beat Zachary Svajda (WC): 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Denis Kudla beat Fernando Verdasco (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Taro Daniel beat Emilio Nava (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Christopher Eubanks (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Constant Lestienne beat Brandon Holt (WC): 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- J.J. Wolf beat Stefan Kozlov: 6-2, 7-6 (6)
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Facundo Mena (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- James Duckworth (7) beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
