Kotov advances to last 16 at Winston-Salem Open

Russian Pavel Kotov, the No 15 seed, defeated Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday afternoon.

Kotov, ranked No 63, will face American lucky loser Zachary Svajda for a spot in the quarter-finals.

In the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament, Muller — ranked No 76 — ousted Constant Lestienne (6-3, 6-2).

Winston-Salem ATP 250, other second-round results:

• Marton Fucsovics vs. Alex Michelsen
• Corentin Moutet vs. Roman Safiullin
• Hugo Gaston vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Zizou Bergs
• Juncheng Shang vs. Mariano Navone
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Pablo Carreno Busta: tuesday
• Learner Tien vs. Fabian Marozsan: tuesday
• Borna Coric beat Sebastian Baez (1): 6-3, 6-4
• David Goffin beat Luciano Darderi (5): 6-2, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego (10) beat Dominic Stricker: 6-4, 6-1
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Nuno Borges (8): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Zachary Svajda beat Francisco Cerundolo (3): 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech (12) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Adrian Mannarino (4): 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-1
• Rinky Hijikata (16) beat Arthur Cazaux: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)

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