Citi Open: Thompson beats comeback-bound Anderson to reach second round

Australian Jordan Thompson won against South African wildcard Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-1 to move into the second round of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday.

Anderson, a former world No 5 and to-time Grand Slam finalist, is playing only his second tournament into his comeback after announcing his retirement in 2022.

Thompson, ranked No 71 in the world, will face No 7 seed Adrian Mannarino next.

🇦🇺 Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-1 has defeated 🇿🇦 Kevin Anderson (WC) – ATP 500 Washington 🇺🇸 R64.

Next: 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino (7) #TheFirstServe pic.twitter.com/AQL19KAC8a

— The First Serve (@TheFirstServeAU) August 2, 2023

Washington ATP500, other first-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,013,940, most recent results first):

• Brandon Nakashima beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (9)
• Zachary Svajda (Q) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Sho Shimabukuro (LL) beat Lloyd Harris: 6-4, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Taro Daniel: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• 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