Citi Open: Thompson beats comeback-bound Anderson to reach second round
The Australian will face No 7 seed Adrian Mannarino in the next round
Australian Jordan Thompson won against South African wildcard Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-1 to move into the second round of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday.
Anderson, a former world No 5 and to-time Grand Slam finalist, is playing only his second tournament into his comeback after announcing his retirement in 2022.
Thompson, ranked No 71 in the world, will face No 7 seed Adrian Mannarino next.
🇦🇺 Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-1 has defeated 🇿🇦 Kevin Anderson (WC) – ATP 500 Washington 🇺🇸 R64.
— The First Serve (@TheFirstServeAU) August 2, 2023
Next: 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino (7) #TheFirstServe pic.twitter.com/AQL19KAC8a
Washington ATP500, other first-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,013,940, most recent results first):
- Brandon Nakashima beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (9)
- Zachary Svajda (Q) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5
- 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