Winston-Salem Open: Koepfer advances to last 16
Dominik Koepfer defeated Strong Kirchheimer 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will play the winner of the match between No 5 seed Jiri Lehecka and American qualifier Mitchell Krueger in the next round
Dominik Koepfer (Action Plus/Panoramic)
German Dominik Koepfer reached the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open by defeating American lucky loser Strong Kirchheimer 6-3, 6-2 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday evening.
Koepfer, ranked No 78, will play the winner of the match between No 5 seed Jiri Lehecka and American qualifier Mitchell Krueger next.
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In the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament, the German edged out Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)).
Winston-Salem ATP250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):
- 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
- Borna Coric vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Mitchell Krueger
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Luca Van Assche
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Sebastian Korda
- Jack Draper vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
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