British quantity two Cameron Norrie beat American Zachary Svajda in straight units to achieve the Delray Seaside Open second spherical.
Norrie, the 2022 winner, wanted 90 minutes to seal a 7-5 6-4 win over the world quantity 169.
The gamers traded breaks of serve in a good first set performed in scorching and humid situations in Florida.
A strong forehand down the road gave Norrie a vital second break, with the 29-year-old comfortably holding serve to take the set.
With an equally tight second set degree at 4-4, Norrie couldn’t convert 5 break factors in a mammoth eighth sport earlier than lastly taking the sixth.
He then took the second of two match factors on his serve to arrange a second-round assembly with French second seed Arthur Rinderknech or Canada’s Gabriel Diallo.