Citi Open: Mpetshi Perricard reaches last 16
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6) on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between American wildcard Reilly Opelka and Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – Imago / Panoramic
Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 9 seed, defeated Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6) to advance to the last 16 of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 49, will face the winner of the match between American wildcard Reilly Opelka and Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, Ruusuvuori, ranked No 71, edged out Croat Borna Coric (6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4).
Washington ATP 500, other second-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):
- Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
- Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
- Andrey Rublev vs. Luca Van Assche
- Seong-Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
- Alex Michelsen (15) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Flavio Cobolli (10) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Roberto Carballes Baena (11): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Aleksandar Vukic (14): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech (16) beat Juncheng Shang: 2-3 ret.
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 6-2, 6-1
- Frances Tiafoe (5) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (13) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (4) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 6-2, 6-3
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