Citi Open: Shang beats Ymer to book spot in second round

Chinese Juncheng Shang advanced to the second round of the Citi Open by beating Swede qualifier Elias Ymer 6-4, 6-3 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.

Shang, ranked No 73, will face No 16 seed Arthur Rinderknech next.

Washington ATP 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):

• Radu Albot vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: tuesday
• Max Purcell vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: tuesday
• Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Luca Nardi: 7-6 (3), 4-1 ret.
• Luca Van Assche beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 6-3
• Reilly Opelka (WC) beat James Duckworth: 6-7 (12), 7-5, 6-4
• David Goffin beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-2, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 6-4
• Seong-Chan Hong (Q) beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
• Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Borna Coric: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Cristian Garin beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 6-2
• Christopher O’Connell beat Harold Mayot: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Zachary Svajda (LL): 6-4, 7-5