Winston-Salem Open: Huesler moves into second round
Marc-Andrea Huesler benefited from the abandonment of Alexander Shevchenko (6-3, 4-6, 4-0) on Sunday evening and will play No 12 seed Richard Gasquet in the next round
Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler moved into the second round of the Winston-Salem Open when Russian Alexander Shevchenko retired on Sunday evening at Wake Forest Tennis Complex.
Huesler, ranked No 86, led 6-3, 4-6, 4-0 when Shevchenko, ranked No 88, pulled out at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Sunday evening.
The Swiss will face No 12 seed Richard Gasquet next.
Winston-Salem ATP250, other first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760.930, most recent results first):
- Nuno Borges vs. Jack Draper
- Max Purcell vs. Marco Cecchinato
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Constant Lestienne
- Pavel Kotov vs. Mitchell Krueger
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Jason Kubler
- Luca Van Assche vs. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Quentin Halys
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Dominic Thiem
- Michael Mmoh vs. Darian King
- Illya Marchenko vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Alex Michelsen vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Radu Albot vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
- Alexandre Muller vs. Benjamin Bonzi: sunday
- Roman Safiullin vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo: sunday
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Ilya Ivashka: sunday
