US Clay Court Championships: Giron sweeps past Gomez, plays Machac next
The American won the first 11 games of the match before beating Emilio Gomez 6-0, 6-2 on Tuesday
Marcos Giron, 2022 | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
American Marcos Giron, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the US Clay Court Championships by defeating Ecuadorian Emilio Gomez 6-0, 6-2 at River Oaks Country Club in Houston on Tuesday.
Giron, ranked No 69 in the world, will next meet Czech qualifier Tomas Machac, who beat American wildcard Jack Sock in another first round clash.
Houston ATP250, other first-round matches (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 642,735):
- Cristian Garin beat Hugo Dellien: 6-3, 6-0
- Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- J.J. Wolf (5) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2
- Steve Johnson (WC) beat Facundo Bagnis: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1
- Jason Kubler (6) beat Fernando Verdasco (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-0
- Gijs Brouwer beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-4
- Denis Kudla beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-2, 6-3
- Max Purcell vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Tomas Machac vs. Jack Sock
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
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