Citi Open: Korda eases past Garin to book spot in last 16
Sebastian Korda beat Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-2 and will face the winner of the match between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Aleksandar Vukic in the next round
Sebastian Korda (Action Plus/Panoramic)
American Sebastian Korda, the No 4 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Citi Open by defeating Chilean Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-2 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Korda, ranked No 22, will face the winner of the match between Thanasi Kokkinakis and No 14 seed Aleksandar Vukic next.
Garin, ranked No 115, won against Russian Aslan Karatsev (6-4, 6-2) 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):
- Seong-Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov
- Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci
- David Goffin vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mitchell Krueger
- Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Juncheng Shang vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Andrey Rublev vs. Luca Van Assche
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 6-2, 6-3
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