Citi Open: Ruusuvuori through to second round

Finn Emil Ruusuvuori won against Frenchman Constant Lestienne 6-4, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.

It was a straight forward match for Ruusuvuori, with the Finn breaking serve early in both sets and holding on to his advantage for a straight sets victory in the hot Washington conditions. The world No 55 will face No 10 seed Yoshihito Nishioka next, who had a bye in his first round.

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Tennis Majors

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
• Bradley Klahn vs. Michael Mmoh
• Maxime Cressy vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Yibing Wu
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-3