Resurgent Kyle Edmund books spot in second round at Winston-Salem

Kyle Edmund advanced to the second round of the Winston-Salem Open by winning against Greek lucky loser Michail Pervolarakis 6-2, 7-5 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Monday night.

The former world No 14 is 2-1 on the season after making a recent return to the tour. He missed 21 months and underwent three knee surgeries, and recorded his first win on tour since 2022 at the Citi Open earlier this month.

Winston-Salem ATP 250, other first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 823.420, most recent results first):

• Fabio Fognini vs. Dusan Lajovic: monday
• Dominic Thiem vs. J.J. Wolf: monday
• Mikael Ymer (WC) beat Federico Coria: 6-2, 6-3
• Steve Johnson beat Emilio Nava (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Marton Fucsovics (LL): 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Shintaro Mochizuki (LL): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Adrian Mannarino beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Tallon Griekspoor (LL) beat Taro Daniel (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• James Duckworth beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Peter Gojowczyk beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-3
• John Millman beat Hugo Gaston: 6-2, 6-3
• Laslo Djere beat David Goffin: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Thiago Monteiro beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 (1), 7-5
• SoonWoo Kwon beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-4
• Richard Gasquet beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-7 (5), 6-2, 1-0 ret.

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