Citi Open: Mmoh books spot in second round

Michael Mmoh reached the second round of the Citi Open by winning against qualifier Bradley Klahn 6-3, 6-3 at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.

It was a clinical performance from Mmoh, who served eight aces, winning 82% of first serve points and 65% on his second for his straight sets victory.

Mmoh, ranked No 112, will play No 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz next, who had a bye into the second round.

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

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