Citi Open: Murray moves into last 16, takes on top seed Fritz next

No 15 seed Andy Murray moved into the last 16 of the Citi Open by winning against American Brandon Nakashima 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday evening.

Murray, ranked No 44, will play the winner of the match between top seed Taylor Fritz and qualifier Zachary Svajda next.

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Nakashima, ranked No 70, beat Australian Aleksandar Vukic (7-6 (5), 7-6 (9)) in the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament.

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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 (12) beat Liam Broady: 6-4, 6-2
• 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