Citi Open: Tiafoe Advances to Join Shelton in Quarter-Finals

American Frances Tiafoe, the No 6 seed, moved into the last 8 of the Citi Open by winning against Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 9 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington on Thursday night.

Tiafoe, ranked No 11, will play American Ben Shelton, the No 4 seed, next.

The American defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic (7-5, 3-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Washington D.C. tournament, Cobolli, ranked No 18, beat Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-2, 7-6 (3)).

Washington ATP 500, other last 16 results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.396.115, most recent results first):

• Taylor Fritz vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Ben Shelton beat Gabriel Diallo (15): 6-3, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (12) beat Learner Tien: 6-2, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (7) beat Jiri Lehecka (11): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 6-4
• Corentin Moutet (LL) beat Daniel Evans (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Brandon Nakashima (14) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (8) beat Yibing Wu (Q): 6-3, 6-2