Winston-Salem Open: Borna Coric advances past Hijikata, into round of 16

Croat Borna Coric, the top seed, moved into the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open by winning against Australian Rinky Hijikata 6-2, 7-6 (2) at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday night.

Coric, ranked No 29, will face the winner of the match between wildcard Michael Mmoh and No 13 seed Marcos Giron next.

Hijikata, ranked No 111, beat Ukrainian qualifier Illya Marchenko (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

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Winston-Salem ATP250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):

• Jiri Lehecka (5) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-2, 6-3
• Aleksandar Vukic (9) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Tallon Griekspoor (2) beat Jack Draper: 7-6 (8) ret.
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Yannick Hanfmann (10): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Dominik Koepfer beat Strong Kirchheimer (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Max Purcell beat Andrey Kuznetsov (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima beat Arthur Fils (7): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Sebastian Ofner (15): 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Laslo Djere (4) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-3, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet (12) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (6) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics (14) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
• Michael Mmoh vs. Marcos Giron
• Omni Kumar vs. Botic van de Zandschulp

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