Citi Open: Albot books spot in second round
Radu Albot defeated Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Tuesday evening. He’ll face second seed Ben Shelton in the next round
Radu Albot © Imago / Panoramic
Qualifier Radu Albot beat Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-6 (5), 6-3 to move into the second round of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Albot, ranked No 152, will face second seed Ben Shelton next.
Washington ATP 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):
- Juncheng Shang beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Max Purcell: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3
- Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Luca Nardi: 7-6 (3), 4-1 ret.
- Luca Van Assche beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 6-3
- 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
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