Kyrgios survived the pick of the favorites in Washington

Hubert Hurkacz and Denis Shapovalov bid farewell to the tournament in Washington on Wednesday. In a day of surprises at the capital tournament, Nick Kyrgios and Taylor Fritz managed to extend their run with emphatic wins over Tommy Paul and Alexey Popyrin, respectively.

The first to fall was Hubert Hurkaczsecond-seeded in the tournament, behind Russian Andrey Rublev, who lost 6-4 and 7-6(3) against Finn Emil Ruusuvuorinumber 46 in the world.

After overcoming Mackenzie McDonald in her debut, Ruusuvuori met the Swede in the quarterfinals Mikael Ymer, number 115 in the world, who eliminated Russian Aslan Karatsevfifteenth seed.

Ymer is still flying to Washington, where he eliminated British Andy Murray in the first round.

Shapovalov, the sixth seed, also fell, succumbing to Jeffrey Wolf 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3 after a high-intensity game that lasted two hours and 18 minutes.

Negative day for Argentine Sebastián Báez, number 31 in the world, who lasted almost an hour and ten minutes against American Sebastian Korda (6-1 and 6-4).

On this day of chimes, Kyrgios gave Tommy Paul no chance and defeated him 6-3, 6-4, delighting the crowd with his usual acrobatic shots.to meet in the quarterfinals Reilly Opelka, executioner of Denis Kudla.

Wednesday Results

Second round

Maxime Cressy d. Jack Sock 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
Holger Rune defeated Benoît Paire 6-3, 6-2
Jeffrey Wolf d. Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
Taylor Fritz d. Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-3
Yoshihito Nishioka d. Alex De Minaur 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2
Frances Tiafoe defeats Christopher Eubanks 6-3, 7-6 (7/2)
Nick Kyrgios def. Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-4
Reilly Opelka def. Denis Kudla 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-4
Grigor Dimitrov beat Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
Sebastian Korda d Sebastian Baez 6-1, 6-4
Mikael Ymer d. Aslan Karatsev 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Emil Ruusuvuori d. Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)