Citi Open: Evans reaches last 16

No 9 seed Daniel Evans won against Frenchman Grégoire Barrère in three sets (2-6, 6-0, 6-3) to move into the last 16 of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday evening.

Evans, ranked No 30, will face Alexander Shevchenko next.

In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, Barrère, ranked No 59, beat Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki (6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-3).

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
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Andy Murray
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: wednesday
• Jordan Thompson beat Adrian Mannarino (7): 7-5, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks (11) beat Sho Shimabukuro (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (13) 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