Citi Open: Ruusuvuori saves two MPs to edge Coric in three-hour thriller

Finn Emil Ruusuvuori edged out Croat Borna Coric 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4 to reach the second round of the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.

Ruusuvuori took the scenic route to victory in Washington, saving two match points at 5-6 and 7-8 in the second set tiebreak. However, he was clutch on break points, winning all five that he faced to prevail in three sets.

Ruusuvuori, ranked No 71, will face No 9 seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 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
• Mitchell Krueger vs. Luca Nardi
• Reilly Opelka vs. James Duckworth
• Max Purcell vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Juncheng Shang vs. Elias Ymer
• Luca Van Assche vs. Arthur Cazaux
• David Goffin vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Adam Walton vs. Seong-Chan Hong: monday
• Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
• 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