Citi Open: Shevchenko defeats home favourite Cressy to make second round

Russian Alexander Shevchenko beat American Maxime Cressy 6-3, 7-6 (8) to reach the second round of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.

Shevchenko, ranked No 93, played tight, error-free tennis to win the two set encounter, despite the second set tiebreak going to 10-8.

Next up, the Russian will play another American in No 8 seed Sebastian Korda.

Washington ATP500, other first-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
• Taro Daniel vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Kevin Anderson vs. Jordan Thompson
• Lloyd Harris vs. Kei Nishikori
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Zachary Svajda vs. Max Purcell
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Corentin Moutet vs. Liam Broady
• Marcos Giron vs. Radu Albot
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Kiranpal Pannu: monday
• Michael Mmoh beat Bradley Klahn (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki beat Yibing Wu: 1-4 ret.
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-3
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-4