Citi Open: Kovacevic reaches last 16
Aleksandar Kovacevic won against Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) on Wednesday evening and will play American Frances Tiafoe, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Aleksandar Kovacevic of the United States reacts after winning a point against Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan during their semifinal match of the Korea Open tennis championships in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)/LJM135/22274316836196//2210011105
Mubadala Citi DC Open •Third round •
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American Aleksandar Kovacevic reached the last 16 of the Citi Open by winning against Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, the No 11 seed, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Kovacevic, ranked No 82, will face American Frances Tiafoe, the No 5 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, the American defeated Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (4-6, 6-4, 6-2).
Washington ATP 500, other second-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):
- Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
- Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
- Andrey Rublev vs. Luca Van Assche
- Seong-Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
- Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci: wednesday
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori: wednesday
- Flavio Cobolli (10) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Aleksandar Vukic (14): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech (16) beat Juncheng Shang: 2-3 ret.
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 6-2, 6-1
- Frances Tiafoe beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (13) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (4) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-2, 6-3
