Citi Open: Top seed Rublev beats British youngster Draper to reach last 16

Andrey Rublev won against Jack Draper 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday evening. He’ll face the winner of the match between Jack Sock and No 13 seed Maxime Cressy in the next round

Andrey Rublev Andrey Rublev at Roland-Garros in 2022 (Aurelien Morissard/Panoramic)

Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, won against rising British player Jack Draper 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Tuesday.

Rublev, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Jack Sock and No 13 seed Maxime Cressy next.

In the previous round of the Citi Open, Washington D.C., 20-year-old Draper, ranked No 81, beat American wildcard Stefan Kozlov (7-5, 6-2).

Washington ATP 500, second-round matches (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.108.110, most recent results first):

  • Daniel Evans (16) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-1, 6-2
  • Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Hubert Hurkacz
  • Aslan Karatsev vs. Mikael Ymer
  • Sebastian Korda vs. Sebastian Baez
  • Grigor Dimitrov vs. Adrian Mannarino
  • Denis Kudla vs. Reilly Opelka
  • Christopher Eubanks vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Alex De Minaur vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
  • Taylor Fritz vs. Alexei Popyrin
  • J.J. Wolf vs. Denis Shapovalov
  • Holger Rune vs. Benoit Paire
  • Jack Sock vs. Maxime Cressy
  • Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Borna Gojo
  • Dominik Koepfer vs. Karen Khachanov

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