It rained cats and dogs yesterday; but today, nothing but blue skies (and huge crowds) for Day 2 of the
Citi Open. American
Alexios Halebian scored the biggest upset of the day, besting Aussie
Marc Polmans in straight sets, 7-6 (7-5) 7-5. Polmans, the #3 seeded qualifier is ranked #84 in the world. Halebian is ranked 557. Halebian advances to tomorrow's main draw, where he'll face
Lukas Lacko on Grandstand 2 (not before 4:00 PM.) Also victorious? Top seeded qualifier
Ramkumar Ramanathan, who defeated
Marinko Matosevic 7-5, 6-3. On the women's side, the #1, 2, 4 and 5 seeded qualifiers advanced, led by former Wimbledon champ (2016 Mixed Doubles)
Heather Watson, who won an exciting second set tie-breaker over Japan's
Shuko Aoyama, en route to a 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) victory.
Click here to see today's results.
The ATP & WTA main draws gets underway tomorrow at 1:50 PM.
Click here to purchase tickets; and if you can't make it, fear not... The
Tennis Channel has wall-to-wall coverage on the telly.
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| Marc Polmans lost to Alexios Halebian 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 |
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| Nigina Abduraimova |
