Citi Open: Thompson beats comeback-bound Anderson to reach second round

The Australian will face No 7 seed Adrian Mannarino in the next round

Jordan Thompson, 2022 AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Mubadala Citi DC Open •Second round • completed
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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.

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

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