US Clay Court Championships: Galan first to advance to second round in Houston

Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan won against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the US Clay Court Championships at River Oaks Country Club in Houston on Monday evening.

Galan, ranked No 94, will play the winner of the match between Spanish wildcard Fernando Verdasco and Australian Jason Kubler, the No 6 seed, next.

Houston ATP250, other first-round results (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Steve Johnson vs. Facundo Bagnis
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Tomas Machac vs. Jack Sock
• Marcos Giron vs. Emilio Gomez
• Hugo Dellien vs. Cristian Garin
• Max Purcell vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
• Jordan Thompson vs. J.J. Wolf
• Fernando Verdasco vs. Jason Kubler
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Denis Kudla: monday