Citi Open: Kokkinakis sets up last 16 clash against Korda

Thanasi Kokkinakis reached the last 16 of the Citi Open by beating No 14 seed and fellow Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday.

Kokkinakis , ranked No 91, will play American Sebastian Korda, the No 4 seed, next.

This was Kokkinakis’ second win over a compatriot this week. He had won against Max Purcell (6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

Washington ATP 500, other second-round matches (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,100,230):

• 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 beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
• Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
• Andrey Rublev vs. Luca Van Assche
• Seong-Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci
• David Goffin vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mitchell Krueger