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Kumar, a Duke product, has never even won a
main-draw match in the second-tier Challenger series. He got
into the Winston-Salem event as a lucky loser from qualifying
when Austria's Dominic Thiem withdrew due to gastroenteritis.
Kumar converted one of his two break points in the match while
saving the only break point on his serve. He advances to oppose
eighth-seeded Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands.
France's Richard Gasquet, the 12th seed, beat Switzerland's
Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4, 6-4, and 14th-seeded Marton Fucsovics
of Hungary posted a 6-4, 6-2 win over China's Zhizhen Zhang in
second-round matches. Sixth-seeded Sebastian Baez of Argentina
moved into the third round by rallying past Colombia's Daniel
Elahi Galan 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Other first-round winners were U.S. qualifier Mitchell Krueger,
U.S. wild-card entrant Michael Mmoh, Australia's Max Purcell and
Rinky Hijikata, Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta, Great Britain's
Jack Draper, Germany's Dominik Koepfer, and France's Luca Van
Assche.
--Field Level Media
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