ATP Adelaide International: Tommy Paul sets up Draper showdown
Tommy Paul defeated Australia’s Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday
Mar 15, 2022; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Tommy Paul (USA) hits a shot in his third round match against Alex De Minaur (not pictured) at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. || AI / Reuters / Panoramic
American Tommy Paul, the No 8 seed, advanced to the second round of the ATP Adelaide International by beating Australian lucky loser Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 7-5 at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Paul, ranked No 35 in the world, will next face off against young British left-hander Jack Draper.
Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 713,495, most recent results first):
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Alexei Popyrin (WC): 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-5
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Miomir Kecmanovic (6) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-4, 7-5
- Jack Draper beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Daniel Evans (5): 7-5, 7-5
- Jason Kubler vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- SoonWoo Kwon vs. Tomas Machac
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Mikael Ymer
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Maxime Cressy
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. John Millman
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