Citi Open: Eubanks reaches last 16, beats lucky loser Shimabukuro
Christopher Eubanks defeated Sho Shimabukuro 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will face the winner of the match between Australian Jordan Thompson and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Christopher Eubanks (Zuma/Panoramic)
American Christopher Eubanks, the No 11 seed, defeated Japanese lucky loser Sho Shimabukuro 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday evening.
Eubanks, ranked No 29, will face the winner of the match between Australian Jordan Thompson and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the No 7 seed, next.
Another win in the Bank(s)@chris_eubanks96 continues his red hot form, taking out Shimabukuro 6-4 6-4 #MubadalaCitiOpen pic.twitter.com/tgLhw8eYzm
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 2, 2023
Shimabukuro, ranked No 161, won against South African Lloyd Harris (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament.
Washington ATP500, other second-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Taylor Fritz vs. Zachary Svajda
- Gael Monfils vs. Alexander Bublik
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Andy Murray
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Liam Broady
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Daniel Evans: wednesday
- Jordan Thompson vs. Adrian Mannarino: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert (13) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4
- J.J. Wolf (16) beat Radu Albot: 6-1, 6-3
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Sebastian Korda (8): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (2) beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Yoshihito Nishioka (10): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- Michael Mmoh beat Hubert Hurkacz (4): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4)
- Grigor Dimitrov (5) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Ben Shelton (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
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