US Clay Court Championships: Machac beats Sock to set up Giron clash in second round

Czech qualifier Tomas Machac defeated American wildcard Jack Sock 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the US Clay Court Championships at River Oaks Country Club in Houston on Tuesday.

Machac, ranked No 138 in the world, will play American Marcos Giron, the No 7 seed, next.

Houston ATP250, other first-round matches (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 642,735)

• Marcos Giron beat Emilio Gomez: 6-0, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (8) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-3, 6-4
• 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

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