Citi Open: Auger-Aliassime already out, beaten by Watanuki

Felix Auger-Aliassime‘s run in Washington didn’t last long, as the Canadien lost in his first match against Japanese Yosuke Watanuki. The third seed didn’t find a way through and so was beaten in two tight sets (7-6 (10), 7-6 (3)) at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday.

Watanuki, ranked No 99, will play Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 13 seed, next. The Japanese benefited from the retirement of Chinese Yibing Wu (1-4) in the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament. It was FAA’s first tournament since losing in the first round of Wimbledon where he admitted he was still struggling with a knee injury.

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Tennis Majors

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
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Liam Broady: wednesday
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Andy Murray: wednesday
• Daniel Evans (9) beat Gregoire Barrere: 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Jordan Thompson beat Adrian Mannarino (7): 7-5, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks (11) beat Sho Shimabukuro (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert 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