Houston Open: Darderi through to second round
Luciano Darderi won against Denis Kudla 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Tuesday and will face second seed Francisco Cerundolo in the next round
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Italian Luciano Darderi reached the second round of the Houston Open by winning against American wildcard Denis Kudla 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at River Oaks Country Club on Tuesday.
Darderi, ranked No 72, will play second seed Francisco Cerundolo next.
Houston ATP 250, other first-round results (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 742.350, most recent results first):
- Jordan Thompson vs. Yibing Wu
- Marcos Giron vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Michael Mmoh vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Alex Michelsen vs. Max Purcell: tuesday
- Gijs Brouwer vs. James Duckworth: tuesday
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Benoit Paire: 7-6 (13), 6-4
- J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Ritschard (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata beat Christopher Eubanks (5): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
- Zizou Bergs beat Patrick Kypson (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima beat Duje Ajdukovic: 6-1, 6-4
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