MILESTONE LOOMING:Venus Williams defeated Magda Linette at the Bank of the West Classic to move into the quarter-finals, three wins away from her 50th career title
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 22, 2016
By: AFP, WASHINGTON
US top seed John Isner and French second seed Gael Monfils cruised into the third round of the
Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan returns to Gael Monfils of France in their men’s singles second-round match at the Citi Open at the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
Citi Open in Washington on Wednesday, but former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki dropped out due to injury while leading.
Flamboyant Monfils, who had lost three matches in a row after suffering a mystery illness, fired 10 aces and lost only two points on his first serves in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun.
“I played a very solid match,” Monfils said. “I was surprised I could play that good so soon and I want to keep it going for the next few matches.”
Next for Monfils is Croatian 16th seed Borna Coric, who downed Japan’s Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 6-4. Isner is to meet Cypriot 15th seed Marcos Baghdatis, who ousted Australian John Millman 6-2, 6-4, for a quarter-final berth. [FULL STORY]
