Winston-Salem Open: Purcell books spot in last 16
Max Purcell defeated Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday evening and will face the winner of the match between Jack Draper and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the second seed, in the next round
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Australian Max Purcell beat Russian lucky loser Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday evening.
Purcell, ranked No 47, will play the winner of the match between Jack Draper and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the second seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Australian won against Italian Marco Cecchinato (6-4, 6-1).
Winston-Salem ATP250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):
- 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
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Strong Kirchheimer
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
- Arthur Fils vs. Brandon Nakashima: tuesday
- Alex Michelsen vs. Sebastian Ofner: tuesday
- Laslo Djere vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta: tuesday
- 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
