Citi Open: Rinderknech into last 16 as Shang retires with injury

Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, the No 16 seed, reached the last 16 of the Citi Open when Chinese Juncheng Shang retired at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.

Rinderknech, ranked No 68, led 2-3 when Shang, ranked No 73, pulled out on Wednesday evening at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.

The Frenchman will face the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, and Frenchman Luca Van Assche next.

In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, the 19-year-old Chinese won against Swede qualifier Elias Ymer (6-4, 6-3).

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
• Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci
• David Goffin vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mitchell Krueger: wednesday
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Vukic: wednesday
• 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