Atlanta Open: Nishioka moves into second round

Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka advanced to the second round of the Atlanta Open by winning against American qualifier Zachary Svajda 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Monday evening.

Nishioka, ranked No 86, will face the winner of the match between No 7 seed Brandon Nakashima and Mackenzie McDonald next.

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

• Mattia Bellucci vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Constant Lestienne
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Adam Walton
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Billy Harris
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Reilly Opelka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Borna Coric
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Max Purcell
• Andres Martin vs. Juncheng Shang
• Denis Shapovalov vs. David Goffin
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-2, 7-6 (4)