Citi Open: Kokkinakis books spot in second round

Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis advanced to the second round of the Citi Open by edging out Japanese Taro Daniel 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday evening.

Kokkinakis, ranked No 86, will play No 13 seed Ugo Humbert next.

Impressive comeback 🪄@TKokkinakis seals a gutsy win over Daniel 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 and will now face Humbert in the second round! #MubadalaCitiDCOpen pic.twitter.com/qhHLOhglSe

— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 1, 2023

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
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Zachary Svajda vs. Max Purcell: tuesday
• Lloyd Harris vs. Sho Shimabukuro: tuesday
• Gael Monfils (WC) beat Bjorn Fratangelo (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Radu Albot beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
• Gregoire Barrere beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-3
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-3
• Liam Broady beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6, 6-4
• Aslan Karatsev beat Kiranpal Pannu (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• 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