Citi Open: Fritz books spot in last 16, plays Murray next

Top seed Taylor Fritz reached the last 16 of the Citi Open by beating qualifier Zachary Svajda 6-3, 6-3 at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Thursday night.

Fritz, ranked No 9, will face No 15 seed Andy Murray next.

In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, Svajda, ranked No 233, edged out Australian Max Purcell (4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5).

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

• Gael Monfils (WC) beat Alexander Bublik (6): 6-3, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor (12) beat Liam Broady: 6-4, 6-2
• Andy Murray beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Yosuke Watanuki beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (3): 7-6 (10), 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Evans (9) beat Gregoire Barrere: 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Jordan Thompson beat Adrian Mannarino (7): 7-5, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks (11) beat Sho Shimabukuro (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (13) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4
• J.J. Wolf (16) beat Radu Albot: 6-1, 6-3
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Sebastian Korda (8): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (2) beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Yoshihito Nishioka (10): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
• Michael Mmoh beat Hubert Hurkacz (4): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4)
• Grigor Dimitrov (5) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Ben Shelton (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3