Californian lefty Omni Kumar capitalised on his fortunate loser entry into the primary draw of the Winston-Salem Open when he upset French World No. 73 Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-6(3) Monday night time.

The 21-year-old got here into the event with out even a win an ATP Challenger Tour degree to his title. He misplaced within the remaining spherical of qualifying to Illya Marchenko however got here into the primary draw Monday following the withdrawal of former US Open champion Dominic Thiem as a consequence of gastro.

World No. 385 Kumar, who on his backhand aspect use two arms on his backswing however releases his proper hand on the level of contact ala Fabrice Santoro, mentioned that he was shocked to assert an ATP Tour win earlier than tasting success on the Challenger degree.

“It is surreal. It hasn’t even sunk in but. I performed one of the best tennis of my life and the group was behind me,” mentioned Kumar, who has a heavy, wristy forehand and lots of pop on his serve, regardless of being listed at a beneficiant 5′ 9” in top. 

“Proper as I went on to practise at the moment I obtained the textual content that I used to be in. I am sorry that Thiem pulled out however I used to be actually hyped and I had nothing to lose so I got here onto the court docket with that.

“I’ve seen Arthur play quite a bit on TV and Tennis TV highlights. He is obtained an insane sport, a lot energy. At this time every thing clicked for me.”

Kumar on Tuesday will face eighth seed Botic van de Zandschulp.

Michael Mmoh fired 10 aces in a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win over qualifier Darian King to set a second-round assembly with fellow American and thirteenth seed Marcos Giron.

“It was psychological resilience, staying robust,” Mmoh mentioned of the important thing to his victory, his tenth of the yr. “I got here out actually sizzling and performed effectively within the first set earlier than having a unfastened sport within the second when he turned issues round.

“First set I believed I served distinctive and within the third set I felt prefer it obtained me by way of some robust moments, lots of tight service video games. That was an enormous a part of the rationale I received at the moment.”

Mmoh reached the third spherical on the ATP 500 in Washington earlier this month.

Richard Gasquet picked up the 601st win of his distinguished profession when he defeated Switzerland’s World No. 87 Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4, 6-4.

The 37-year-old Frenchman collected his first win of the North American hard-court swing, having misplaced to Adrian Mannarino within the first spherical of Cincinnati final week.

Seeded twelfth, Gasquet faces a tough third-round match towards the winner of 19-year-old countryman Arthur Fils, seeded seventh, and Brandon Nakashima.

Sixth-seeded Argentine Sebastian Baez rallied from a set all the way down to defeat Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and can subsequent meet the winner of Australian ninth seed Aleksandar Vukic and #NextGenATP Frenchman Luca Van Assche.