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American teen Alex Michelsen continued his hot
streak, upsetting 15th-seeded Austrian Sebastian Ofner 7-6 (4),
7-5
Kumar, 21, had never even won on the second-tier Challenger
circuit before reaching the Winston-Salem main draw as a lucky
loser. He got past France's Arthur Rinderknech on Monday.
Michelsen, a Southern California native who is three days shy of
his 19th birthday, got to the final of the Hall of Fame Open in
Newport, R.I., late last month. He is currently ranked 133rd in
the world, while Ofner is ranked 59th.
Up next for Michelsen is a third-round matchup with Serbia's
Laslo Djere, the tournament's fourth seed, who downed
Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-3, 6-3.
All of the top five seeds earned victories on Tuesday. No. 1
Borna Coric of Croatia topped Australia's Rinky Hijikata 6-2,
7-6 (2). No. 2 Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands moved on
when Great Britain's Jack Draper retired after losing the first
set 7-6 (8). No. 3 Sebastian Korda of the United States routed
France's Benjamin Bonzi 6-2, 6-3, and No. 5 Jiri Lehecka of the
Czech Republic stopped U.S. qualifier Mitchell Krueger 2-6, 6-2,
6-3.
Other Tuesday winners included No. 9 Aleksandar Vukic and Max
Purcell of Australia, Juan Manuel Cerundolo of Argentina and
Dominik Koepfer of Germany.
In night action, Michael Mmoh crushed No. 13 Marcos Giron 6-3,
6-4 in an all-U.S. matchup.
--Field Level Media
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