Citi Open: De Minaur reaches last eight against Nakashima

Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed, reached the last eight of the Citi Open by edging out Czech Jiri Lehecka, the No 11 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Thursday.

De Minaur, ranked No 13, will face American Brandon Nakashima, the No 14 seed, next.

Washington ATP 500, other last 16 results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.396.115, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Taylor Fritz vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Ben Shelton vs. Gabriel Diallo: thursday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Learner Tien: thursday
• Corentin Moutet (LL) beat Daniel Evans (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Brandon Nakashima beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (8) beat Yibing Wu (Q): 6-3, 6-2