Citi Open: Hong upsets Walton to move into second round

Qualifier Seong-Chan Hong won against Australian Adam Walton 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.

The win was Hong’s first ATP-level victory of the season.

Hong, ranked No 175, will face No 3 seed Karen Khachanov next.

Washington ATP 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):

• Radu Albot vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Mitchell Krueger vs. Luca Nardi
• Reilly Opelka vs. James Duckworth
• Max Purcell vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Juncheng Shang vs. Elias Ymer
• Luca Van Assche vs. Arthur Cazaux
• David Goffin vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• 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