Day 1 of the ATP 500 Citi Open in Washington saw Robby Ginepri continue the good form he showed in Atlanta with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Alejandro Falla. The 2005 US Open semi-finalist will play top seed Tomas Berdych in the next round.
Lukas Lacko and Marinko Matosevic also carried over their fine Atlanta form, advancing in straights.
The most notable win of the day was had by the erratic Bernard Tomic who followed up his Bogota tournament victory with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 win over Alejandro Falla. Tomic will next face 15th seed Denis Istomin. Tomic leads their head to head 3-0 and is in good form, so it will be interesting to see if he can secure the upset and build on his recent good form.
114 th ranked Malek Jaziri also made it through to round 2, beating Sergei Stakhovsky.
Benoit Paire showed flashes of what he is capable of as he thrashed Frank Dancevic 6-0, 6-4. Tim Smyczek was also in imperious form, beating Alex Kuznetsov 6-0, 6-3 in an all-American clash. Another American through was Donald Young who beat Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Rajeev Ram also progressed.
16 year old American wildcard Francis Tiafoe will not be joining his countrymen in the second round. The world no. 1139 was beaten 6-4, 6-4 on his ATP Tour debut by Russian Evgeny Donskoy.
Commentary by Christian Deverille
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