Winston-Salem Open: Rinderknech makes last 16

Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, the No 12 seed, beat Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday evening.

Rinderknech, ranked No 56, will play the winner of the match between Belgian David Goffin and Italian Luciano Darderi, the No 5 seed, next.

O’Connell, ranked No 86, won against American qualifier Strong Kirchheimer (7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

Winston-Salem ATP 250, other second-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 779.780, most recent results first):

• Marton Fucsovics vs. Alex Michelsen
• Corentin Moutet vs. Roman Safiullin
• Hugo Gaston vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Zizou Bergs
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Learner Tien vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Juncheng Shang vs. Mariano Navone
• Sebastian Baez vs. Borna Coric
• David Goffin vs. Luciano Darderi
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Stricker
• Alexandre Muller vs. Pavel Kotov: tuesday
• Nuno Borges vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild: tuesday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Zachary Svajda: tuesday
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Adrian Mannarino (4): 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-1
• Rinky Hijikata (16) beat Arthur Cazaux: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)