Citi Open: Monfils books spot in last 16, beats Bublik
Gael Monfils won against Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday night and will face Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 12 seed, in the next round
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French wildcard Gael Monfils won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 6 seed, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday night.
Monfils, ranked No 323, will face Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 12 seed, next.
The 36-year-old Frenchman defeated American qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo (6-3, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
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
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Liam Broady: 6-4, 6-2
- Andy Murray (15) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Yosuke Watanuki beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (3): 7-6 (10), 7-6 (3)
- Daniel Evans (9) beat Gregoire Barrere: 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
- 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
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