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Jordan Thompson has battled through to the third round of the ATP Tour event in Washington but fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis lost in the second round.
Australia's Jordan Thompson has defeated Adrian Mannarino to reach the third round of the ATP Tour tournament in Washington.
Ranked No.71, Thompson notched a 7-5 6-4 win over the Frenchman on Wednesday to set up a clash with 11th-seeded Christopher Eubanks, ranked No.29.
However, countryman Thanasi Kokkinakis's run ended in a 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 6-4 loss to France's Ugo Humbert, leaving Thompson the lone Australian remaining in the singles draw.
Fifteenth seed Andy Murray was triumphant in his first match since last month's Wimbledon second-round exit and in the process exorcised some demons in Washington.
Murray lost in the last-64 at the All England Club to Stefanos Tsitispas on July 6 but was back on court four weeks later to step up his US Open preparations and defeated Brandon Nakashima in straight sets.
Five years ago after victory against Marius Copil, a tearful Murray hobbled off court and had to withdraw from a scheduled quarter-final showing with Alex de Minaur due to exhaustion.
Murray's troublesome hip injury plagued him in Washington in 2018 and he would subsequently have hip resurfacing surgery that would rescue his career months later.
The two-time Wimbledon champion lost in the first round of the tournament to Mikael Ymer last year, but was able to finally return to winning ways at the tournament with a 7-6 (5) 6-4 victory over Nakashima in the last-32 on Wednesday.
"It's nice to be back and not having any of those issues and being pain-free and still competing at a high level," Murray "It's been a long journey these last four or five years, but I'm happy to still be going."
Next up for Murray could be top-seeded Taylor Fritz, who was set to face fellow American Zachary Svajda later Wednesday, after Coco Gauff plays Hailey Baptiste.
While Murray was taking on Nakashima, third-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 7-6 (12-10) 7-6 (7-3) to Japan's Yosuke Watanuki. Earlier, Eubanks beat Sho Shimabukuro 6-3 6-4.
with PA, The AP
