Russia’s Andrey Rublev, seeded No. 1, beat France’s Luca Van Assche in three sets (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) to reach the round of 16 of the Washington tournament on Wednesday evening at the William HG FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Rublev, ranked 8th in the world in the ATP, will face Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, seeded 16th in the round of 16 of the Washington tournament.
Van Assche, ranked 118th in the ATP, had eliminated Arthur Cazaux (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Washington Open.
Other second round matches in Washington (ATP 500, William HG FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, $2,100,230, results listed from newest to oldest):
- Radu Albot – Ben Shelton: scheduled for Thursday
- Reilly Opelka – Jordan Thompson: scheduled for Thursday
- Seong-Chan Hong (Q) – Karen Khachanov (N.3) : 6-2, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen (N.15) – Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 7-6 [1]
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (N.9) – Emil Ruusuvuori : 7-6 [6]7-6 [6]
- Flavio Cobolli (N.10) – David Goffin : 7-6 [4]6-3
- Aleksandar Kovacevic – Roberto Carballes Baena (N.11) : 7-6 [4]7-6 [3]
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (N.8) – Mitchell Krueger (Q) : 3-6, 7-6 [3]6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis – Alexander Vukic (N.14) : 6-4, 7-6 [4]
- Arthur Rinderknech – Juncheng Shang: Rinderknech qualified (2-3 ab.)
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) – Adrian Mannarino (N.6) : 6-2, 6-1
- Frances Tiafoe (N.5) – Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-7 [8]6-3, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (N.13) – Christopher O’Connell : 6-2, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (N.4) – Cristian Garin : 6-3, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (N.12) – J.J. Wolf (LL) : 6-2, 6-3
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