Dallas Open: Purcell moves into second round, just
Max Purcell edged out Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) on Monday night and will play the winner of Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Marcos Giron next
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Australian Max Purcell, the No 6 seed, advanced to the second round of the Dallas Open by edging out American wildcard Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Monday night.
The Aussie made matters hard for himself, giving up a comfortable spot at 5-4, 40-15 on serve in the deciding set. However, he was able to graft his way through and win in a tiebreak, booking a second round meeting against either Nicolas Moreno De Alboran or Marcos Giron next.
Dallas ATP 250, other first-round results (Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Jordan Thompson vs. Adam Neff
- Ethan Quinn vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Denis Kudla vs. Radu Albot
- Pedro Martinez vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Emilio Nava vs. Michael Mmoh
- Steve Johnson vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Marcos Giron
- James Duckworth vs. Zachary Svajda
- Tennys Sandgren vs. Alex Michelsen
- Taro Daniel beat Constant Lestienne: 4-6, 6-4, 5-0 ret.
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