Winston-Salem Open: Svajda through to last 16

American lucky loser Zachary Svajda defeated Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday evening.

Svajda, ranked No 107, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Alexandre Muller and Russian Pavel Kotov, the No 15 seed, next.

The 21-year-old American won against Serb Laslo Djere (6-4, 6-1) 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
• David Goffin vs. Luciano Darderi
• Sebastian Baez vs. Borna Coric
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Stricker
• Alexandre Muller vs. Pavel Kotov: tuesday
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Nuno Borges (8): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Arthur Rinderknech (12) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-4
• 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)