Winston-Salem Open: Van Assche books spot in second round

Frenchman Luca Van Assche won against American qualifier Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Monday night.

Van Assche, ranked No 65, will face No 9 seed Aleksandar Vukic next.

Winston-Salem ATP250, other first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760.930, most recent results first):

• Omni Kumar (LL) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Michael Mmoh (WC) beat Darian King (Q): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Dominik Koepfer beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
• Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-3, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata beat Illya Marchenko (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Jack Draper beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
• Max Purcell beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-4, 6-1
• Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Jason Kubler: 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
• Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-0
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Radu Albot: 6-1, 7-5
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 6-4
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Ilya Ivashka: 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 4-6, 4-0 ret.