Citi Open: Tiafoe moves into quarter-finals against Kyrgios
It will be Frances Tiafoe vs Nick Kyrgios in the Washington, D.C. quarterfinals later on Friday. Tiafoe earned his spot in the matchup by beating Botic van de Zandschulp.
Frances Tiafoe – US OPEN 2021
Frances Tiafoe, the No 10 seed, beat eighth-seeded Botic van de Zandschulp 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday afternoon.
Tiafoe will play Australian Nick Kyrgios next.
Roaring into the QF 🦁@FTiafoe gets the job done a day later with a 4-6 6-2 6-3 win over van de Zandschulp!#CitiOpen pic.twitter.com/v783NVyVBP
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 5, 2022
The world No 27 had previously defeated fellow American Christopher Eubanks 6-3, 7-6 (2). In the previous round Van De Zandschulp, ranked No 26, followed up a bye with a 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-4 victory over Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo.
Here are the other third-round results and schedule for the Washington, D.C. ATP 500:
- Nick Kyrgios beat Reilly Opelka (4): 7-6(1), 6-2
- Sebastian Korda beat Grigor Dimitrov (5): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (1) beat Maxime Cressy (13): 6-4, 7-6(8)
- J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Holger Rune (9): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Daniel Evans (16) beat Taylor Fritz (3): 3-6, 7-6(6), 4-1, ret.
- Mikael Ymer beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Karen Khachanov (7): 7-6(2), 7-6(1)
