ATP roundup: Americans fare well in Atlanta
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 [July 27, 2022] No.
5 seed Tommy Paul and No. 6 seed Jenson Brooksby were among the
several Americans who won their respective first-round matches
Tuesday at the Atlanta Open.
Paul breezed past countryman and wild card Jack Sock 6-1, 6-1, while
Brooksby eliminated France's Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-1. In another
all-American match, Mackenzie McDonald outlasted Denis Kudla 6-2,
7-6 (8) after Kudla fumbled away a 5-1 lead in the second-set
tiebreak.
American wild card Ben Shelton took down India's Ramkumar Ramanathan
6-2, 7-5. Shelton will face second seed John Isner, the six-time
Atlanta Open champion, in the second round.
Paul, Brooksby, McDonald, Shelton, top seed Reilly Opelka and eighth
seed Brandon Nakashima are all vying to join the small group of
Americans who've won a title in Atlanta -- Isner, Andy Roddick and
Mardy Fish.
Ilya Ivashka of Belarus defeated France's Quentin Halys 6-0, 3-6,
6-3 and will oppose Opelka in the next round. Three more matches
were scheduled for Tuesday evening.
Croatia Open Umag
No. 5 seed Alex Molcan of Slovakia was a 6-2, 7-6 (2) winner over
Croatian Duje Ajdukovic in first-round action in Umag, Croatia.
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No. 8 seed Lorenzo Musetti, fresh off winning the Hamburg European
Open title last week, joined Molcan in the second round. The Italian
advanced with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia.
French qualifier Corentin Moutet upset sixth seed Daniel Altmaier of
Germany 6-4, 6-2. Lucky loser Norbert Gombos of Slovakia outlasted
Argentinian Federico Delbonis 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, but his reward was a
second-round matchup with Spanish teen phenom Carlos Alcaraz, the
top seed.
Other winners Tuesday were Italian qualifier Franco Agamenone,
Argentina's Facundo Bagnis and Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles.
Generali Open
Dominic Thiem of Austria continued his comeback from a wrist injury
by defeating Alexander Shevchenko of Russia 6-4, 6-2 in the first
round in Kitzbuhel, Austria.
The former world No. 3 is playing the tournament in his native land
on a protected ranking. He won 25 of 33 first-service points (75.8
percent).
Spanish No. 7 seed Pedro Martinez defeated Chile's Nicolas Jarry 7-6
(4), 6-3, while fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar upset No. 9 seed
Lorenzo Sonego of Italy 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4) and Austrian qualifier
Sebastian Ofner rallied to beat 10th seed Richard Gasquet of France
1-6, 7-5, 7-5.
Germany's Yannick Hanfmann was ahead 6-4, 1-1 when his opponent,
Gerald Melzer of Austria, retired.
--Field Level Media
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