Winston-Salem Open: Korda moves into last 16, plays Fucsovics next

American Sebastian Korda, the No 3 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open by defeating Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 6-2, 6-3 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday night.

23-year-old Korda, ranked No 33, will face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, the No 14 seed, next. He improves to 14-19 on the season with his victory.

Bonzi, ranked No 101, won against Alexandre Muller (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

Sebastian Korda saves all 4 break points he faced in his #WSOpen debut!

The American defeats Bonzi 6-2, 6-3 and faces Fucsovics next. pic.twitter.com/gJea1cM1b4

— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) August 22, 2023

Winston-Salem ATP250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):

• Tallon Griekspoor (2) beat Jack Draper: 7-6 (8) ret.
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo: tuesday
• Dominik Koepfer beat Strong Kirchheimer (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Max Purcell beat Andrey Kuznetsov (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima beat Arthur Fils (7): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Sebastian Ofner (15): 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Laslo Djere (4) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-3, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet (12) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (6) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
• Michael Mmoh vs. Marcos Giron
• Omni Kumar vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Borna Coric vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Luca Van Assche

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