Atlanta Open: Shang reaches second round
Juncheng Shang beat Andres Martin 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. He’ll face top seed Ben Shelton in the next round
Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang moved into the second round of the Atlanta Open by winning against American wildcard Andres Martin 6-1, 6-1 at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Wednesday evening.
Shang, ranked No 89, will play top seed Ben Shelton next.
Atlanta ATP 250, other first-round results (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):
- Reilly Opelka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: wednesday
- Max Purcell (8) beat Christopher O’Connell: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Harold Mayot (LL) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (9), 6-3
- Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 1-6, 6-4, 3-1 ret.
- 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)