Citi Open: Kokkinakis sets up last 16 clash against Korda
The Australian will face American Sebastian Korda, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Thanasi Kokkinakis at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
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Thanasi Kokkinakis reached the last 16 of the Citi Open by beating No 14 seed and fellow Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday.
Kokkinakis , ranked No 91, will play American Sebastian Korda, the No 4 seed, next.
This was Kokkinakis’ second win over a compatriot this week. He had won against Max Purcell (6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.
Washington ATP 500, other second-round matches (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,100,230):
- Arthur Rinderknech (16) beat Juncheng Shang: 2-3 ret.
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 6-2, 6-1
- Frances Tiafoe (5) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (13) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-2, 6-3
- Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
- Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
- Andrey Rublev vs. Luca Van Assche
- Seong-Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov
- Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci
- David Goffin vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mitchell Krueger
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