Citi Open: Karatsev sends Kiwi packing, reaches second round
Aslan Karatsev beat Kiranpal Pannu 7-6 (3), 6-1 on Monday evening. He’ll face second seed Frances Tiafoe in the next round
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Russian Aslan Karatsev defeated New Zealander qualifier Kiranpal Pannu 7-6 (3), 6-1 to reach the second round of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.
Pannu, who is without a main draw win this year, defeated Americans Denis Kudla and Bruno Kuzuhara in qualifying. Aslan Karatsev proved to be a bridge to far, however, as the world No 717 folded in the second set.
Karatsev, ranked No 75, will face second seed Frances Tiafoe next.
Washington ATP500, other first-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Kevin Anderson vs. Jordan Thompson
- Lloyd Harris vs. Kei Nishikori
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Zachary Svajda vs. Max Purcell
- Taro Daniel vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Gael Monfils vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Corentin Moutet vs. Liam Broady
- Marcos Giron vs. Radu Albot
- 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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