Citi Open: Davidovich Fokina survives Krueger battle to reach last 16

Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Citi Open by edging out American qualifier Mitchell Krueger on Wednesday.

Davidovich Fokina came from a set and a break down in the second set to eventually win 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.

The Spaniard, ranked No 44, will face the winner of the match between Belgian David Goffin and Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 10 seed, next.

In the previous round of the event, Krueger, ranked No 192 in the world, defeated Italian Luca Nardi (7-6 (3), 4-1 retd.).

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Tennis Majors

Washington ATP 500, other second-round matches (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,100,230):

• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Aleksandar Vukic (14): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• 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 (4) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 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: wednesday
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• David Goffin vs. Flavio Cobolli: wednesday
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic