Rain washes out play in Houston

Fernando Verdasco

Rain washed out all matches scheduled on Tuesday at the US Men's Clay Court Championship, the ATP tournament in Houston, Texas.

Organisers said all remaining first-round singles matches would be completed on Wednesday.

 

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That incudes fifth-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco taking on South African veteran Kevin Anderson and sixth-seeded Feliciano Lopez taking on Bjorn Fratangelo.

First-round play got under

way on Monday when 39-year-old German Tommy Haas out-lasted 19-year-old American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3.

Haas booked a second-round meeting with top-seeded American Jack Sock.

Defending champion Juan Monaco of Argentina was ousted on Monday, falling to German Dustin Brown 7-6 (9/7), 6-3.