Atlanta Open: Bellucci advances to second round as Vukic retires injured

Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci advanced to the second round of the Atlanta Open when Australian Aleksandar Vukic retired at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

Bellucci, ranked No 146, led 1-6, 6-4, 3-1 when Vukic, ranked No 60, pulled out on Tuesday evening at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

The Italian will play second seed Adrian Mannarino next.

Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round results (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):

• Reilly Opelka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Max Purcell
• Andres Martin vs. Juncheng Shang
• Harold Mayot vs. Borna Coric: tuesday
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Brandon Nakashima (7): 6-2, 6-4
• Adam Walton (LL) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (6): 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Aslan Karatsev beat Billy Harris (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• David Goffin beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-2, 7-6 (4)