Winston-Salem Open: Koepfer reaches second round
Dominik Koepfer edged out Constant Lestienne 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8) on Monday evening. He’ll face lucky loser Strong Kirchheimer in the next round
German Dominik Koepfer edged out Frenchman Constant Lestienne 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8) to reach the second round of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Monday evening.
Koepfer, ranked No 78, will play lucky loser Strong Kirchheimer next.
Winston-Salem ATP250, other first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760.930, most recent results first):
- Luca Van Assche vs. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Omni Kumar: monday
- Michael Mmoh vs. Darian King: monday
- Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-3, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata beat Illya Marchenko (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Jack Draper beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
- Max Purcell beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-4, 6-1
- Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima beat Jason Kubler: 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
- Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-0
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Radu Albot: 6-1, 7-5
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 6-4
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Ilya Ivashka: 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 4-6, 4-0 ret.