ATP roundup: Maxime Cressy sweeps Sebastian Korda in Tel Aviv
Cressy had 26 winners against nine unforced errors during the impressive win. He won 90 percent of his first-serve points against 65.1 percent for Korda.
Second-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic had 15 aces while recording a 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4 win over Austrian wild card Dominic Thiem. In another match of note, Constant Lestienne notched a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over No. 7 seeded Adrian Mannarino in a battle of Frenchmen.
Spain's Pablo Andujar and Russia's Roman Safiullin were also victorious.
Sofia Open
Ilya Ivashka of Belarus saved all seven of his break points en route to a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over third-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, who lost in his home country of Bulgaria.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco also pulled off an upset with a 7-6 (1), 7-5 victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia. Verdasco held a 5-2 edge in aces.
Fourth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy registered a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8), 6-2 victory over Bulgaria's Alexandar Lazarov. Also winning matches were Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff and Switzerland's Marc-Andrea Huesler.
Korea Open
Fourth-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada delivered 31 winners while knocking off Spain's Jaume Munar 7-5, 6-4 in the second round at Seoul.
Shapovalov will next face Moldova's Radu Albot, who posted a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) victory over American Steve Johnson. Aldot won despite Johnson having edges in aces (14-4) and winners (36-19).
Japan's Taro Daniel beat Ecuador's Emilio Gomez 6-4, 6-4. Daniel had a 20-12 advantage in winners.