14—yes, 14—matches take the court as second-round play continues in Winston-Salem.
The first two second-round matches took place on Monday, with Sebastian Korda and Kamil Majchrzak setting up a third-round clash at the ATP 250 event. For Korda it was a welcome return to the tour, having been out of action since Roland Garros due to a leg injury—he defeated Vit Kopriva in straight sets in his first match back, 6-3, 6-4.
Six more Americans will try to join Korda in the third round today.
That includes one seed (No. 16 seed Marcos Giron), two unseeded players (Mackenzie McDonald and Aleksandar Kovacevic), two qualifiers (Nishesh Basavareddy and Darwin Blanch) and one wild card (Stefan Dostanic). The 17-year-old Blanch just got the first tour-level win of his career in the first round, defeating Borna Coric, and he'll now take on No. 8 seed Alexandre Muller. Dostanic, 23, also recorded his first tour-level win in the first round, over Aleksandar Vukic—he takes on No. 5 seed Lorenzo Sonego today.
Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas plays his first match of the tournament tonight.
With the US Open just days away, the former No. 3 will try to turn his season around this week—he was ranked in the Top 10 as recently as the clay-court season, but currently finds himself down at No. 28 after having lost seven of his last 11 matches on the tour. He kicks off his campaign in the first evening match against China's Bu Yunchaokete. It's a first-time meeting, but Bu is no stranger to big wins—he's had three career wins over Top 30 players, all last fall, against Lorenzo Musetti, Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov.
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