Citi Open: Evans books spot in last 16, beating Edmund

No 16 seed Daniel Evans moved into the last 16 of the Citi Open by defeating Kyle Edmund 6-1, 6-2 at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday.

Evans, ranked No 40, will face the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the No 3 seed, and Australian Alexei Popyrin next.

In the previous round of the Citi Open, Washington D.C., Kyle Edmund won against Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki (6-4, 7-6 (8)).

Washington ATP 500, other second-round matches (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.108.110):

• Aslan Karatsev vs. Mikael Ymer
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Denis Kudla vs. Reilly Opelka
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alexei Popyrin
• J.J. Wolf vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Holger Rune vs. Benoit Paire
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Borna Gojo
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Karen Khachanov
• Andrey Rublev vs. Jack Draper

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