Simon Upset by Bedene at Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Top seed Gilles Simon of France was upset by Great Britain's Aljaz Bedene, while South Africa's Kevin Anderson survived an upset bid during Tuesday's second-round matches at the Winston-Salem Open.

Bedene, ranked 58th in the world, battled through tiebreakers in all three sets and match point in the third set against the 11th-ranked Simon to win 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6).

Meanwhile, 15th-ranked Anderson, the No. 2 seed, beat Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Also winning Tuesday at the Wake Forest Tennis Center in the final tuneup for next week's U.S. Open were American Steve Johnson, 2014 finalist Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, Taiwan's Yen-Hsun Lu, Jiri Vesely of…