Australia’s Jordan Thompson has defeated Adrian Mannarino to succeed in the third spherical of the ATP Tour match in Washington.
Ranked No.71, Thompson notched a 7-5 6-4 win over the Frenchman on Wednesday to arrange a conflict with Eleventh-seeded Christopher Eubanks, ranked No.29.
However, countryman Thanasi Kokkinakis’s run resulted in a 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 6-4 loss to France’s Ugo Humbert, leaving Thompson the lone Australian remaining within the singles draw.
Fifteenth seed Andy Murray was triumphant in his first match since final month’s Wimbledon second-round exit and within the course of exorcised some demons in Washington.
Murray misplaced within the last-64 on the All England Club to Stefanos Tsitispas on July 6 however was again on courtroom 4 weeks later to step up his US Open preparations and defeated Brandon Nakashima in straight units.
Five years in the past after victory in opposition to Marius Copil, a tearful Murray hobbled off courtroom and needed to withdraw from a scheduled quarter-final exhibiting with Alex de Minaur attributable to exhaustion.
Murray’s troublesome hip harm plagued him in Washington in 2018 and he would subsequently have hip resurfacing surgical procedure that will rescue his profession months later.
The two-time Wimbledon champion misplaced within the first spherical of the match to Mikael Ymer final 12 months, however was capable of lastly return to successful methods on the match with a 7-6 (5) 6-4 victory over Nakashima within the last-32 on Wednesday.
“It’s nice to be back and not having any of those issues and being pain-free and still competing at a high level,” Murray “It’s been a long journey these last four or five years, but I’m happy to still be going.”
Next up for Murray could possibly be top-seeded Taylor Fritz, who was set to face fellow American Zachary Svajda later Wednesday, after Coco Gauff performs Hailey Baptiste.
While Murray was taking up Nakashima, third-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime misplaced 7-6 (12-10) 7-6 (7-3) to Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki. Earlier, Eubanks beat Sho Shimabukuro 6-3 6-4.
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Source: www.perthnow.com.au
