Brandon Nakashima advances to second round of Washington tournament with victory over Aleksandar Vukic

American Brandon Nakashima qualified for the second round of the Washington tournament, beating Australian Aleksandar Vukic (7-6 [5]7-6 [9]), Tuesday evening, French time.

In the tiebreak of the second set, Nakashima saved two set points – at 6-5, and 7-6 – before winning 10-8 on his third match point.

Vukic, who made his first ATP final on Sunday, had played three of his last four matches in straight sets.

Nakashima, ranked No. 70 in the ATP, will face No. 15 seed Andy Murray in the second round of the Washington Open.

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

• Kevin Anderson – Jordan Thompson: scheduled for Tuesday
• Zachary Svajda – Max Purcell: scheduled for Tuesday
• Sho Shimabukuro (LL) – Lloyd Harris: 6-4, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis – Taro Daniel : 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Gael Monfils (WC) – Bjorn Fratangelo (Q) : 6-3, 6-4
• Radu Albot – Marcos Giron : 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
• Gregoire Barrere – Shintaro Mochizuki (Q) : 6-4, 6-7 [7]6-3
• Mackenzie McDonald-Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-3
• Liam Broady – Corentin Moutet: 7-6, 6-4
• Aslan Karatsev – Kiranpal Pannu (Q) : 7-6 [3]6-1
• Michael Mmoh – Bradley Klahn (Q) : 6-3, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki – Yibing Wu : Watanuki qualifie (1-4 ab.)
• Alexander Shevchenko – Maxime Cressy : 6-3, 7-6 [8]
• Juncheng Shang (Q) – Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-3
• Emil Ruusuvuori – Constant Lestienne : 6-4, 6-4