Play has been rained out on the Houston Open with just one set accomplished, whereas third seed Brandon Nakashima withdrew from the ATP 250 occasion.
Persistent rain compelled an early abandonment to Wednesday’s motion on the clay courts, with all eight second-round matches pushed again to Thursday.
Max Purcell’s opening-round conflict with Daniel Altmaier was the one conflict to get underway, with the 25-year-old Australian profitable the opening set 6-4 earlier than rain intervened.
Sydneysider Purcell, ranked 86th, took 50 minutes to go one arrange within the first assembly along with his German opponent.
The winner will then again as much as tackle eighth-seeded Argentine, and world No.73, Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Another Aussie in Jason Kubler, the sixth seed, will even function on Thursday in opposition to Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan.
Top seed Frances Tiafoe was as a result of open his marketing campaign in opposition to fellow American Steve Johnson, with second seed Tommy Paul to face Yannick Hanfmann.
Nakashima’s withdrawal for an undisclosed motive meant fortunate loser Zizou Bergs will change him and tackle Cristian Garin.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
