American Mackenzie McDonald advanced to the second round of the Hall of Fame Open by defeating Australian Rinky Hijikata, the No. 8 seed, with a score of 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport. McDonald, currently ranked No. 99, will face the winner of the match between qualifier Billy Harris and Canadian Gabriel Diallo in the next round.
In other first-round results at the Newport ATP 250 tournament at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum on grass courts, the following matches took place:
– Brandon Nakashima vs. Emilio Nava
– Eliot Spizzirri vs. Li Tu
– Jakub Mensik vs. Alex Bolt
– Zachary Svajda vs. Benoit Paire
– Ethan Quinn vs. Marc Polmans
– Billy Harris vs. Gabriel Diallo (upcoming on Tuesday)
– Arthur Rinderknech (7) defeated Shintaro Mochizuki with a score of 6-3, 7-6 (5)
– Reilly Opelka (WC) defeated Constant Lestienne with a score of 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (2)
– Aleksandar Vukic (6) defeated Chak Lam Coleman Wong with a score of 6-1, 6-2
– Maxime Cressy defeated Radu Albot with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
– Aleksandar Kovacevic defeated Harold Mayot with a score of 7-6 (1), 6-4
