US Clay Court Championships: Wolf reaches second round defeating Thompson

American J.J. Wolf, the No 5 seed, moved into the second round of the US Clay Court Championships by beating Australian Jordan Thompson 6-3, 6-2 at River Oaks Country Club in Houston on Tuesday evening.

Wolf, ranked No 54, will play American Denis Kudla next.

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

• Max Purcell vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Tomas Machac vs. Jack Sock
• Marcos Giron vs. Emilio Gomez
• Hugo Dellien vs. Cristian Garin
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Yosuke Watanuki: tuesday
• 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