Korda/Michelsen cruise in Washington doubles debut
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a made a hot start to their team debut Wednesday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/washington/418/overview'Mubadala Citi DC Open/a. The American wild cards defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/julian-cash/ci96/overview'Julian Cash/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-galloway/g09v/overview'Robert Galloway/a 6-4, 6-2 in just 47 minutes to reach the quarter-finals./p
pKorda and Michelsen won 57 per cent of their second-serve points, according to Infosys ATP Stats, compared to Cash and Galloway's 41 per cent./p
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pUp next for the duo is second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a. Korda partnered Thompson to win this year's ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid./ppMichelsen won his singles opener earlier in the day against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mattia-bellucci/b0gg/overview'Mattia Bellucci/a. The 19-year-old and fourth seed Korda are both in the Round of 16./p
pAtlanta champions a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a extended their winning streak to five matches by defeating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-erler/e928/overview'Alexander Erler/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview'Arthur Rinderknech/a 7-5, 2-6, 10-7. The fourth-seeded Americans next meet fifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-glasspool/gd08/overview'Lloyd Glasspool/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/santiago-gonzalez/g551/overview'Santiago Gonzalez/a, who downed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/evan-king/kb37/overview'Evan King/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vasil-kirkov/k0a4/overview'Vasil Kirkov/a 6-3, 6-4./p
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