Citi Open: Tiafoe overcomes Galan in three sets to reach last 16

American Frances Tiafoe, the No 5 seed, won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Citi Open.

Tiafoe, ranked No 29, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, the No 11 seed, and American Aleksandar Kovacevic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center next.

“I was happy I stayed with it,” Tiafoe said as per the ATP Tour. “Early in the second, I was a little sloppy. I was pretty pissed I lost that first set. I kept holding it out, found a little spark there from midway in the second set to the end where I thought I played really well. The biggest thing was that I served great, a bunch of aces, a lot of free points. That helped me a lot.”

Galan, ranked No 124, defeated American qualifier Maxime Cressy (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

Washington ATP 500, other second-round matches (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2,100,230):

• Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Adrian Mannarino (6): 6-2, 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima (13) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-2
• Sebastian Korda (4) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (12) beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Radu Albot vs. Ben Shelton
• Reilly Opelka vs. Jordan Thompson
• Andrey Rublev vs. Luca Van Assche
• Seong-Chan Hong vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci
• David Goffin vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Juncheng Shang vs. Arthur Rinderknech