Citi Open: Rublev moves into last 16
Andrey Rublev edged out Luca Van Assche 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will play Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, the No 16 seed, in the next round
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Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Citi Open by edging out Frenchman Luca Van Assche 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday evening.
Rublev, ranked No 8, will play Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, the No 16 seed, next.
Van Assche, ranked No 118, defeated Arthur Cazaux (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament.
Washington ATP 500, other second-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):
- Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
- Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
- Seong-Chan Hong (Q) beat Karen Khachanov (3): 6-2, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen (15) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (9) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6)
- Flavio Cobolli (10) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Roberto Carballes Baena (11): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Aleksandar Vukic (14): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech 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 (LL): 6-2, 6-3
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