Citi Open: Nakashima books spot in last 16

American Brandon Nakashima, the No 13 seed, reached the last 16 of the Citi Open by beating Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-2, 6-2 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday night.

Nakashima, ranked No 54, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Radu Albot and American Ben Shelton, the second seed, next.

In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, O’Connell, ranked No 94, won against Frenchman Harold Mayot (6-4, 7-6 (3)).

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
• Seong-Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci
• David Goffin vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Juncheng Shang vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Andrey Rublev vs. Luca Van Assche
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Frances Tiafoe: tuesday
• Sebastian Korda (4) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 6-2, 6-3