Citi Open: Thompson makes last 16
Jordan Thompson won against Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday night. He’ll play Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 9 seed, in the next round

Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 7 seed, won against American wildcard Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Thursday night.
Thompson, ranked No 33, will face Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 9 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, Opelka, ranked No 371, edged out Australian James Duckworth (6-7 (12), 7-5, 6-4).
Washington ATP 500, other second-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):
- Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
- Andrey Rublev (1) beat Luca Van Assche: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Seong-Chan Hong (Q) beat Karen Khachanov (3): 6-2, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen (15) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6)
- Flavio Cobolli (10) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Roberto Carballes Baena (11): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Aleksandar Vukic (14): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech (16) beat Juncheng Shang: 2-3 ret.
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 6-2, 6-1
- Frances Tiafoe (5) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (13) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (4) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 6-2, 6-3