Citi Open: Past champion Evans makes second round

English wildcard Daniel Evans won against Belgian Zizou Bergs 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.

Evans is on a 5-match winning streak in Washington after winning 2023 title, defeating Griekspoor in final. 35-year-old earned all 5 tour-level wins this season on grass and has just earned his first ATP Tour win on hard courts since defeating No. 89 Daniel in Almaty last October.

Washington ATP 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.396.115, most recent results first):

• Zachary Svajda vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• David Goffin vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Gael Monfils vs. Yibing Wu
• Quentin Halys vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Jaume Munar vs. Marcos Giron
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Learner Tien vs. Emilio Nava
• Reilly Opelka vs. Murphy Cassone: monday
• Cameron Norrie vs. Billy Harris: monday
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Colton Smith: monday
• Alexandre Muller beat Beibit Zhukayev (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Ethan Quinn (WC) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-2
• Fabian Marozsan beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-5, 6-1
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Altmaier: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)