Houston Open: Hijikata advances to second round, beats fifth seed Eubanks
Rinky Hijikata beat Christopher Eubanks 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) on Monday night and will play American Brandon Nakashima in the next round
Rinky Hijikata US Open 2023 (Icon SMI/Panoramic)
Australian Rinky Hijikata beat American Christopher Eubanks, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) to move into the second round of the Houston Open at River Oaks Country Club on Monday night.
Hijikata, ranked No 80, will play American Brandon Nakashima 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
- Gijs Brouwer vs. James Duckworth
- Alex Michelsen vs. Max Purcell
- Michael Mmoh vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Luciano Darderi vs. Denis Kudla
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Benoit Paire
- Alexander Ritschard vs. J.J. Wolf
- Zizou Bergs beat Patrick Kypson (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima beat Duje Ajdukovic: 6-1, 6-4
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