ATP Adelaide: Australian wildcard O’Connell into second round

Australian wildcard Christopher O’Connell moved into the second round of the Adelaide Open by defeating French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-4 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

O’Connell, ranked No 71, will play Russian Alexander Shevchenko next.

Adelaide ATP 250, other first-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 661,585):

• Matteo Arnaldi beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (LL): 6-4, 6-3
• Dusan Lajovic beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5
• Jack Draper beat Sebastian Baez (5): 6-1, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Daniel Evans
• James McCabe vs. Alexander Bublik
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Adam Walton
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Jordan Thompson vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Alex Bolt vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild