Citi Open: Bellucci ousts McDonald to make second round

Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci won against American Mackenzie McDonald 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) to reach the second round of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.

Bellucci, ranked No 125, will face No 15 seed Alex Michelsen next.

Washington ATP 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):

• Radu Albot vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Mitchell Krueger vs. Luca Nardi
• Max Purcell vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Juncheng Shang vs. Elias Ymer
• Luca Van Assche vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Reilly Opelka vs. James Duckworth
• David Goffin vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Adam Walton vs. Seong-Chan Hong: monday
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Borna Coric: monday
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Cristian Garin beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 6-2
• Christopher O’Connell beat Harold Mayot: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Zachary Svajda (LL): 6-4, 7-5