Citi Open: Broady into second round after winning tight clash with Moutet

Liam Broady has prevailed in a tight opening tussle against Frenchman Corentin Moutet at the Citi Open in Washington on Monday evening.

Despite spraying five more errors than his opponent, Broady won the first round encounter 7-6 (0), 6-4 at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center. For Broady, this is the fourth consecutive time he’s made the second round or better in ATP tournaments; for world No 80 Moutet, it’s a third loss in a row.

Broady, ranked No 125, will play No 12 seed Tallon Griekspoor next, who had a bye in his opening round.

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Washington ATP500, other first-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):

• Kevin Anderson vs. Jordan Thompson
• Lloyd Harris vs. Kei Nishikori
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Zachary Svajda vs. Max Purcell
• Taro Daniel vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Gael Monfils vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
• Marcos Giron vs. Radu Albot: monday
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Gregoire Barrere: monday
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-3
• Aslan Karatsev beat Kiranpal Pannu (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Michael Mmoh beat Bradley Klahn (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki beat Yibing Wu: 1-4 ret.
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Maxime Cressy: 6-3, 7-6 (8)
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-3
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-4