ATP Adelaide: Lehecka races past Aussie qualifier

No 7 seed Jiri Lehecka reached the second round of the Adelaide Open by winning against Australian qualifier Adam Walton 6-1, 6-3 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday night.

The win was Lehecka’s first of the season, having lost both of his United Cup singles matches against Zhizhen Zhang and Novak Djokovic last week.

Lehecka, ranked No 32, will play Serb Dusan Lajovic next.

Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• James McCabe vs. Alexander Bublik
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Daniel Evans
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Yannick Hanfmann: 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (9)
• Jordan Thompson beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Alex Bolt (Q) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Christopher O’Connell (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (LL): 6-4, 6-3
• Dusan Lajovic beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5
• Jack Draper beat Sebastian Baez (5): 6-1, 6-3