Daniel Evans’ blistering July continued at the Citi Open in Washington on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-4 win against former Top 10 player Grigor Dimitrov. Evans, who reached the third round in Wimbledon, overcame a late slip-up to sweep the Bulgarian, who was the 12^th seed at the ATP World Tour 500 event.

Evans led 5-2 in the second set and had three match points at 5-3 but Dimitrov raised his level to get to 4-5. Serving for the match a second time, Evans converted on his fifth match point when Dimitrov netted a backhand slice.

The Brit, No. 82 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, will next face American Jack Sock or Slovakian Lukas Lacko in the third round. Lacko prevailed against Canadian wild card Denis Shapovalov, the Wimbledon boys’ singles champion, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4.

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The 28-year-old Lacko converted his only break point in the third set to move past the 17-year-old Ontario resident, who was playing in his first ATP World Tour match. “It’s tough to talk about what I did well after such a loss, but I think I was going for my shots pretty well. For the most part I stuck to my game plan,” Shapovalov said. “I felt like he was just solid the whole match. He did not drop his level a whole lot. I think that’s what the difference was today.”

#NextGen player Yoshihito Nishioka moved past Ivan Dodig after the Croat had to retire down 6-2, 4-2.

“Today was very tough… I could see he wanted to play short points, go for forehand winners and service winners, so I did my best to lengthen the rallies and make him move,” said the 20-year-old Japanese, who trained in the U.S. from age 15 to 18. “[The U.S.] is like a second home to me. Everything is comfortable for me here.”

A trio of Americans also advanced to the second round in Washington. Donald Young overcame countryman Ernesto Escobedo 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in one hour and 47 minutes. Young, who’s making his sixth main draw appearance in Washington, erased six of seven break points and won 84 per cent of his first-serve points.

The 26 year old is looking to surpass his best showing in America’s capital, where he reached the semi-finals in 2011 and 2014. He will next play third seed Bernard Tomic. Young leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 2-0, with both wins coming on hard courts last season.

American Brian Baker edged past Aussie Sam Groth 7-6(3), 7-6(5). Neither player faced a break point in the contest.

American qualifier Ryan Harrison also earned a first-round victory, gliding past Frenchman Stephane Robert 7-6(1), 6-3. Robert was making his Washington debut and playing at a career-high No. 59 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after reaching the semi-finals in Hamburg last week (l. to Klizan, eventual champion). Harrison will look to achieve his best showing in Washington with a second-round win against 10^th seed Viktor Troicki of Serbia.

Damir Dzumhur came out on top in a first-round battle on Tuesday at the Konzum Croatia Open Umag, upsetting fifth seed Nicolas Almagro after nearly two hours of play, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.

Almagro had the advantage when he was able to play first-strike tennis, winning all 11 points in the final set when he got his first serve in. But Dzumhur had greater success in more neutral rallies, winning a higher percentage of second serve points (58 per cent to 41 per cent) and overall return points (40 per cent to 31 per cent). Next up for Dzumhur is the winner of the match between Thomas Fabbiano and wild card Franko Skugor.

In other first-round matches on Tuesday, Teymuraz Gabashvili didn’t drop serve once in defeating wild card Nino Serdarusic, 6-4, 6-2. Gastao Elias saved all seven break points against him in the second set to record a convincing win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-1, 6-2. Andrej Martin rallied from 0-4 down in the first set and saved a set point to defeat Sergiy Stakhovsky, 7-6(6), 6-4.

Jeremy Chardy, who is currently No. 38 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, has travelled to countless cities around the world. Rarely does he get to go somewhere new, but that is the case this week as he’s playing at the Konzum Croatia Open Umag for the first time. The third-seeded Frenchman has been enjoying his time in the beautiful Croatian city, prior to opening his campaign against Nikola Cacic in the second round. Here’s what he’s been up to in Umag:

“I love to run with my team every time when I arrive at a tournament. In the morning, I like to run with them before going to practice. When the place is really nice, it’s always easier to wake up and go for a run. I love to run here. We go in the morning, because afterwards it’s too hot. We are a big group and it’s really nice for me because sometimes in tournaments you’re alone, so to spend time with them is a little bit like [having] a family group. Time goes quicker with them!”

“It’s an amazing view. Everything is really close so for the players it’s good. We come a lot of times by the water and when you arrive, you have a nice view of the Centre Court. It’s really nice.”

“We are not here to enjoy ourselves, but it’s always better when we’re in a good place since we have to do a job. There are some moments to relax and some moments to work. I was working on my serve because here, when we’re on clay, the balls are going quickly. If I serve well, it’s good for my game and especially for this tournament.”

“[The aqua park] is in the hotel. I was with the son of my coach and he asked me to go with him, so I went there and we did all the things together. I love kids and I love spending time with him so when I have some free time, I enjoy it.”

“It’s special because not many tournaments start at 5:30 p.m. I think it’s good for two reasons. For the players it’s really hot [during the day], so for the level of the game it’s better. For the people, they can come after a day of enjoying the pool or the beach and they come here during the night and watch tennis and enjoy. It’s amazing when the courts are full.”

“The view at lunch and dinner is always amazing and when the sun goes down, the sky is really nice. I was having dinner and I saw this sky and I said, ‘Wow, I should take a picture’. I think the picture is quite nice!”

Local favourite Gerald Melzer gave the home crowd something to cheer about by winning his first-round match on Tuesday at the Generali Open, rallying from a set down to prevail 5-7 7-5 6-4 over 2011 finalist Albert Montanes.

The victory on Centre Court avenged Melzer’s opening-round last year to Montanes in Kitzbuhel. Melzer, ranked No. 107 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, trailed 4-5 in the second set before winning the next five games. The win marked his first ATP World Tour main draw win of the season. He has been excelling on the ATP Challenger Tour, winning three titles in the first two months of 2016.

Next up for Melzer is qualifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver. The Spaniard won their only previous career meeting in 2014 in Hamburg.

In other first-round matches, sixth seed Dusan Lajovic withstood a difficult opening set before moving past Rogerio Dutra Silva, 7-6(7), 6-1. Eighth seed Jan-Lennard Struff saved all five break points against him and needed just 52 minutes to advance past wild card Akira Santillan, 6-2, 6-2.