Gael Monfils Advances to Round of 16 in Washington Tournament with Victory Over Alexander Bublik

The French wild card Gael Monfils won two sets to nil (6-3, 6-4) against the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, seeded n ° 6 and qualified for the round of 16 of the Washington tournament, Wednesday in night session, in Washington.

Monfils, 323rd in the world at the ATP, will face the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, seeded No. 12 in the round of 16 of the Washington tournament.

Before his success on Wednesday against Bublik, ranked 25th in the ATP, the 36-year-old French tennis player had eliminated American qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo (6-3, 6-4).

The other matches of the second round in Washington (ATP500, hard, 2,013,940 USD, results are displayed from newest to oldest):

• Taylor Fritz – Zachary Svajda: scheduled for Thursday
• Tallon Grecopur – Liam Broady : 6-4, 6-2
• Andy Murray (N.15) – Brandon Nakashima : 7-6 [5]6-4
• Yosuke Watanuki – Felix Auger-Aliassime (N.3) : 7-6 [10]7-6 [3]
• Daniel Evans (N.9) – Gregoire Barrere : 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Jordan Thompson – Adrian Mannarino (N.7) : 7-5, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks (N.11) – Sho Shimabukuro (LL) : 6-3, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (N.13) – Thanasi Kokkinakis : 7-6 [6]1-6, 6-4
• JJ Wolf (N.16) – Radu Albot: 6-1, 6-3
• Alexander Shevchenko – Sebastian Korda (N.8) : 5-7, 7-6 [4]6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (N.2) – Aslan Karatsev : 7-6 [5]7-6 [5]
• Emil Ruusuvuori – Yoshihito Nishioka (N.10) : 6-7 [5]6-4, 6-2
• Michael Mmoh – Hubert Hurkacz (N.4) : 6-3, 6-7 [4]7-6 [4]
• Grigor Dimitrov (N.5) – Mackenzie McDonald : 7-6 [6]6-2
• Juncheng Shang (Q) – Ben Shelton (N.14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3