Kotov advances to last 16 at Winston-Salem Open
Pavel Kotov battled past Alexandre Muller in three sets on Tuesday at the Winston-Salem Open. Kotov awaits Zachary Svajda in the next round.
Pavel Kotov – Imago / Panoramic
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)
