Citi Open: Michelsen defeats Bellucci to move into last 16

American Alex Michelsen, the No 15 seed, won against Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6-3, 7-6 (1) to move into the last 16 of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.

Michelsen, ranked No 60, will face the winner of the match between qualifier Seong-Chan Hong and Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 3 seed, next.

Bellucci, ranked No 125, defeated American Mackenzie McDonald (7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament.

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
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (9) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6)
• Flavio Cobolli (10) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Roberto Carballes Baena (11): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (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 (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 (4) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 6-2, 6-3