The lucky French loser Adrian Mannarino qualified for the second round of the Atlanta tournament, winning two sets to nil (6-3, 7-6 [7]) once morest German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk on Wednesday in a night session at the Atlantic Stadion in Atlanta.
Mannarino, 78th in the world at the ATP, will face American wild card Andres Martin in the second round of the Georgian tournament.
The other meetings of the first round in Atlanta (ATP 250, Atlantic Stadion, hard, 792,980 USD, results are displayed from newest to oldest):
- James Duckworth – Dominik Koepfer (Q) : 6-1, 6-7 [5]6-3
- Andres Martin – Thanasi Kokkinakis : 6-3, 6-2
- Ben Shelton (WC) – Ramkumar Ramanathan (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Mackenzie McDonald – Denis Kudla : 6-2, 7-6 [8]
- Tommy Paul (N.5) – Jack Sock (WC) : 6-1, 6-1
- Jenson Brooksby (N.6) – Benoit Pair: 6-3, 6-1
- Ilya Ivashka – Quentin Halys : 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
- John Millman – Alexei Popyrin : 7-6 [1]4-6, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (N.8) – Jordan Thompson : 7-6 [5]3-6, 6-3
- Taro Daniel (Q) – Sebastian Korda : 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
- SoonWoo Kwon – Marcos Giron : 7-6 [3]4-6, 7-5
