Jordan Thompson turned the tables on Adrian Mannarino to reach the last 16 at the ATP event in Washington DC, while Alex de Minaur powered into the ATP Los Cabos quarterfinals.
Washington DC, United States, 3 August 2023 | Matt Trollope
Washington DC, United States
Jordan Thompson beat in-form Frenchman Adrian Mannarino on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the ATP 500 tournament in Washington DC.
However, fellow Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis was unable to join him at the same stage, bowing out in three sets to another Frenchman, Ugo Humbert.
Thompson had lost five of seven career meetings with Mannarino, including two in 2023. They most recently met in the quarterfinals of Newport, a tournament Mannarino went on to win.
But Thompson avenged that defeat with a 7-5 6-4 triumph, setting up a third-round meeting with rising American star…