Fognini sets second-round clash with Draper at Winston-Salem

Italian Fabio Fognini advanced to the second round of the Winston-Salem Open by winning against Serb Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 7-5 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Monday night.

61st-ranked Fognini improves to 16-16 on the season. The 35-year-old Italian will face Jack Draper in the second round.

Winston-Salem ATP 250, other first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 823.420, most recent results first):

• Kyle Edmund beat Michail Pervolarakis (LL): 6-2, 7-5
• Dominic Thiem vs. J.J. Wolf: monday
• Mikael Ymer (WC) beat Federico Coria: 6-2, 6-3
• Steve Johnson beat Emilio Nava (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Marton Fucsovics (LL): 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Shintaro Mochizuki (LL): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Adrian Mannarino beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Tallon Griekspoor (LL) beat Taro Daniel (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• James Duckworth beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Peter Gojowczyk beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-3
• John Millman beat Hugo Gaston: 6-2, 6-3
• Laslo Djere beat David Goffin: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Thiago Monteiro beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 (1), 7-5
• SoonWoo Kwon beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-4
• Richard Gasquet beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-7 (5), 6-2, 1-0 ret.

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