Tommy Paul, the fifth seed, recorded five assists on Thursday as he traveled to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over South Korea’s Ji Sung Nam in the first round of the Delray Beach Open in Florida.
Paul will face American Sebastian Korda, who defeated Soon Woo Kwon 6-4, 6-4 in South Korea. Sam Querrey also came in sixth seed, beating MacKenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-4 in a case of Americans.
Italy’s Gianluca Mager recorded a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Ryan Harrison’s American wild card, while Thiago Monteiro won 6-3, 7-5 over his Brazilian counterpart Thomaz Bellucci.
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Belgian runner-up David Goffin converted 70.8 per cent of his first-serve points as he posted a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory over France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert in a first-round match. in Turkey.
Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia also moved sixth seed as he gathered for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Andrea Arnaboldi in Italy. Another Italian, Stefano Travaglia, defeated seventh seed Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 1-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Seed No. 8 Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan defeated Salvatore Caruso 6-3, 6-3 in Italy. Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori defeated Jiri Vesely 6-3, 7-6 (4) from the Czech Republic and Turkey’s wild card Altug Celikbilek defeated Kacper Zuk 7-6 (7), 7-5 from Poland.
–Field Media Level