Citi Open: Opelka into second round
Reilly Opelka edged out James Duckworth 6-7 (12), 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday night. He’ll play No 7 seed Jordan Thompson in the next round
HOUSTON, TX – APRIL 08: Reilly Opelka (USA) returns a shot during the US Clay Court Championships quarterfinal singles match at River Oaks Country Club on April 8, 2022 in Houston, TX. || 227258_0010
American wildcard Reilly Opelka edged out Australian James Duckworth 6-7 (12), 7-5, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday night.
Opelka, ranked No 371, will face No 7 seed Jordan Thompson next.
Washington ATP 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):
- Radu Albot vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Max Purcell vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Juncheng Shang vs. Elias Ymer
- Mitchell Krueger vs. Luca Nardi
- Luca Van Assche vs. Arthur Cazaux
- David Goffin beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-2, 7-5
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 6-4
- Seong-Chan Hong (Q) beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
- Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Borna Coric: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Cristian Garin beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 6-2
- Christopher O’Connell beat Harold Mayot: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Zachary Svajda (LL): 6-4, 7-5
