Tiafoe straight sets into last 16 at Citi Open
Frances Tiafoe defeated Christopher Eubanks 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday and will face Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Frances Tiafoe at the 2022 Miami Open
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American Frances Tiafoe, the No 10 seed, defeated wild card Christopher Eubanks 6-3, 7-6 (2) to advance to the last 16 of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday.
Tiafoe, ranked No 27, will face Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 8 seed, next.
Tiafoe had received a first round bye in the tournament while Eubanks, ranked No 156, edged out Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (3-6, 6-3, 7-5).
Washington ATP 500, other second-round matches (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.108.110, most recent results first):
- Tommy Paul vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Denis Kudla vs. Reilly Opelka
- Maxime Cressy (13) beat Jack Sock: 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Grigor Dimitrov (5) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
- J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Denis Shapovalov (6): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (3) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-4, 6-3
- Sebastian Korda beat Sebastian Baez (12): 6-1, 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Alex De Minaur (11): 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Hubert Hurkacz (2): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Mikael Ymer beat Aslan Karatsev (15): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Holger Rune (9) beat Benoit Paire: 6-3, 6-2
- Karen Khachanov (7) beat Dominik Koepfer (Q): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Borna Gojo (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (1) beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 6-2
- Daniel Evans (16) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-1, 6-2
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