Korda earns clash with Cressy in Tel Aviv

American Sebastian Korda won against Turk qualifier Cem Ilkel 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Tel Aviv Open at Expo Tel Aviv on Tuesday afternoon.

Korda, ranked No 44, will play No 4 seed Maxime Cressy next.

Tel Aviv ATP 250, other first-round results (Expo Tel Aviv, USD 1.019.855, most recent results first):

• Adrian Mannarino vs. Constant Lestienne
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Pablo Andujar
• Edan Leshem vs. Yshai Oliel
• Vasek Pospisil vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat J.J. Wolf: 6-3, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Aslan Karatsev (6): 6-2, 6-7, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Marius Copil (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
• Botic van de Zandschulp (5) beat João Sousa: 6-2, 6-3
• Liam Broady (Q) beat Hamad Medjedovic (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Dominic Thiem (WC) beat Laslo Djere: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Roman Safiullin beat Hugo Grenier: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2