Citi Open: Qualifier Krueger into second round as Nardi retires
The American will face No 8 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the next round
Mitchell Krueger (Icon SMI _ Panoramic)
American qualifier Mitchell Krueger advanced to the second round of the Citi Open when Italian Luca Nardi retired on Tuesday at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Krueger, ranked No 192 in the world, led 7-6 (3), 4-1 when Nardi, ranked No 78, pulled out of the tournament.
The American will play No 8 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina next.
Washington ATP 500, other first-round matches (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,100,230):
- Reilly Opelka (WC) beat James Duckworth: 6-7 (12), 7-5, 6-4
- David Goffin beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-2, 7-5
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 6-4
- Seong-Chan Hong (Q) beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
- Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Borna Coric: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4
- 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
- Radu Albot vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Max Purcell vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Juncheng Shang vs. Elias Ymer
- Luca Van Assche vs. Arthur Cazaux
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