Citi Open: Nakashima beats Atlanta finalist Vukic to reach second round
The American will face No 15 seed Andy Murray in the next round
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American Brandon Nakashima reached the second round of the Citi Open by winning against Australian Aleksandar Vukic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (9) at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday.
Vukic was coming off a runner-up finish in Atlanta over the weekend where he lost to top-ranked American Taylor Fritz.
Nakashima, ranked No 70, will play No 15 seed Andy Murray next.
Washington ATP500, other first-round matches (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,013,940):
- Sho Shimabukuro (LL) beat Lloyd Harris: 6-4, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Taro Daniel: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Gael Monfils (WC) beat Bjorn Fratangelo (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Radu Albot beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
- Gregoire Barrere beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-3
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-3
- Liam Broady beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6, 6-4
- Aslan Karatsev beat Kiranpal Pannu (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Michael Mmoh beat Bradley Klahn (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Yosuke Watanuki beat Yibing Wu: 1-4 ret.
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Maxime Cressy: 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-3
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-4
- Kevin Anderson vs. Jordan Thompson
- Zachary Svajda vs. Max Purcell
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