The No 7 seed, Australian Jordan Thompson, emerged victorious against American wildcard Reilly Opelka with a score of 6-4, 6-3, advancing to the last 16 of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Thursday night.
Ranked No 33, Thompson is set to face Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 9 seed, in the next round.
In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, Opelka, ranked No 371, narrowly defeated Australian James Duckworth (6-7 (12), 7-5, 6-4).
Here are the second-round results of the Washington ATP 500 tournament at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (hardcourt, USD 2,100,230, with the most recent results listed first):
- Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
- Andrey Rublev (1) defeated Luca Van Assche: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Seong-Chan Hong (Q) defeated Karen Khachanov (3): 6-2, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen (15) defeated Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard defeated Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6)
- Flavio Cobolli (10) defeated David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Aleksandar Kovacevic defeated Roberto Carballes Baena (11): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) defeated Mitchell Krueger (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated Aleksandar Vukic (14): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech (16) defeated Juncheng Shang: 2-3 ret.
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) defeated Adrian Mannarino (6): 6-2, 6-1
- Frances Tiafoe (5) defeated Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (13) defeated Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (4) defeated Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (12) defeated J.J. Wolf (WC): 6-2, 6-3
