Winston-Salem Open: Bergs sees off Opelka in tight three-setter
Zizou Bergs edged out Reilly Opelka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) on Sunday night. He’ll face No 6 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the next round
Zizou Bergs (Laurent Sanson / Panoramic)
Belgian Zizou Bergs edged out American wildcard Reilly Opelka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) to move into the second round of the Winston-Salem Open at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Sunday night.
Bergs, ranked No 85, will face No 6 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.
Winston-Salem ATP 250, other first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 779.780, most recent results first):
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Corentin Moutet
- Omni Kumar vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- David Goffin vs. Jaume Munar
- Learner Tien vs. Tristan Schoolkate
- Laslo Djere vs. Zachary Svajda
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Strong Kirchheimer
- Francisco Comesana vs. Juncheng Shang
- Federico Coria vs. Dominic Stricker
- Alexandre Muller vs. Constant Lestienne
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Adam Walton
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. James Duckworth: monday
- Arthur Cazaux beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Borna Coric beat Sumit Nagal: 6-4, 6-2
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Daniel Evans: 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
