Britain's Kyle Edmund is through to the second round of the Atlanta Open after a straight sets victory over Marcos Baghdatis.
A single break of serve in each set was enough for Edmund to overcome the Cypriot 6-3 7-5 in one hour and 24 minutes.
The 22-year-old will play either German Peter Gojowczyk or Guido Pella of Argentina in the next round.
Andrey Kuznetsov knocked last year's runner-up Pablo Cuevas out of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg.
The Russian, who was beaten by Alexandr Dolgopolov last week in the Swedish Open semi-finals, battled back from a set down to overcome the second seed 3-6 7-5 6-4 in two hours and four minutes as Cuevas' lack of match sharpness following a knee injury began to show.
Third seed Karen Khachanov marked his Hamburg debut with a 6-4 6-3 win over German qualifier Rudolf Molleker while w ild card Tommy Haas, appearing at his home town tournament for the first time since 2013, was defeated 7-5 6-2 by Nicolas Kicker.
Leonardo Mayer beat Albert Ramos 7-6 (7/3) 3-6 7-6 (7/4) while Fernando Verdasco's match with Jiri Vesely was suspended due to rain tied at one set each after a couple of tie breaks.
In Gstaad, 2013 Swuiss Open champion Mikhail Youzhny lost to Moldovan Radu Albot 4-6 7-6 (8/6) 7-5. Albot came within two points of losing at 6-6 in the second set tie-break but held his nerve to fight back and win in two hours and 52 minutes. He will now play top seed and 2015 finalist David Goffin in the next round.
Joao Sousa beat Santiago Giraldo 6-3 6-3 while Dolgopolov lost to Thiago Monteiro 7-6 (7/5) 3-6 6-3.
Source: PA
