Citi Open: Shevchenko defeats home favourite Cressy to make second round
Alexander Shevchenko defeated Maxime Cressy 6-3, 7-6 (8) on Monday evening and will play No 8 seed Sebastian Korda in the next round
Alexander Shevchenko Citi Open 2023,
Credit: Laurent Lairys / Panoramic
Russian Alexander Shevchenko beat American Maxime Cressy 6-3, 7-6 (8) to reach the second round of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.
Shevchenko, ranked No 93, played tight, error-free tennis to win the two set encounter, despite the second set tiebreak going to 10-8.
Next up, the Russian will play another American in No 8 seed Sebastian Korda.
Washington ATP500, other first-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
- Taro Daniel vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Kevin Anderson vs. Jordan Thompson
- Lloyd Harris vs. Kei Nishikori
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Zachary Svajda vs. Max Purcell
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Corentin Moutet vs. Liam Broady
- Marcos Giron vs. Radu Albot
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Kiranpal Pannu: monday
- Michael Mmoh beat Bradley Klahn (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Yosuke Watanuki beat Yibing Wu: 1-4 ret.
- Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-3
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-4
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