Atlanta: Goffin beats Shapovalov in battle of former top 10 players to reach second round
The Belgian will face the winner of the match between Christopher O’Connell and No 8 seed Max Purcell in the next round
David Goffin – (c) Photo News / Panoramic
In a battle of former top 10-ranked players, Belgian David Goffin scored a three-set win over Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov to move into the second round of the Atlanta Open on Monday evening.
Goffin needed two hours and seven minutes to beat Shapovalov 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
The Belgian, ranked No 98 in the world currently, will face the winner of the match between Christopher O’Connell and No 8 seed Max Purcell next.
Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round matches (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Reilly Opelka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Max Purcell
- Andres Martin vs. Juncheng Shang
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Borna Coric
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Adam Walton
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. J.J. Wolf
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Billy Harris
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