Canada’s Peter Polansky advanced to the second round of U.S. Open qualifiers on Tuesday, winning his first match 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 against Brazil’s Rogerio Dutra Silva.
The Thornhill, Ont., player saved 4-of-7 break points and converted 4 of 12 to take the match in 2 hours 15 minutes.
Polansky came into the week ranked No. 192. Dutra Silva is No. 200.
Polansky was one of three Canadians playing first-round qualifiers Tuesday.
On the women’s side, Montreal’s Françoise Abanda fell 4-6, 2-6 to American Sachia Vickery while Toronto’s Katherine Sebov lost her opener in straight sets to Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino.
Polansky will play No. 190 Sumit Nagal of India on Wednesday.
On Monday, Steven Diez moved one step closer to his first main-draw berth at a Grand Slam after winning his first-round qualifier.
The Toronto player defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of qualifying for the final major of the tennis season.
Diez, ranked No. 175, saved 7-of-10 break points and converted on 5 of 8 to down his 167th-ranked opponent.
The 28-year-old Diez needs to win two more qualifying matches this week in order to advance to the U.S. Open main draw, which begins Aug. 26.
Diez will next face 228th-ranked Japanese player Yosuke Watanuki.
Diez’s best career result at a Grand Slam was reaching the third round of qualifiers at the 2016 U.S. Open.
Meanwhile, in Winston-Salem, N.C., Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the third round of the Winston-Salem Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over American Tennys Sandgren on Tuesday.
Shapovalov, the No. 2 seed at the ATP 250 tournament, received a bye into the second round. Shapovalov, the third-highest ranked Canadian behind No. 19 Félix Auger-Aliassime and No. 22 Milos Raonic, will play 49th-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the next round.