Tomic’s winning streak ends in Washington

Bernard Tomic’s six-match winning streak has come to an end, the Australian losing in the second round of the ATP event in Washington.

Tomic went down 6-4 7-6 to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan on Tuesday night, less than a fortnight after winning the Claro Open final in Bogota.

The 21-year-old followed the title triumph with a first-round win over Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez on Monday but couldn’t hold on against 15th seed Istomin.

Fellow Australians Sam Groth and James Duckworth also crashed out of the event after suffering first-round defeats.

It took Israel’s Dudi Sela two hours to get by lucky loser Groth on Tuesday, prevailing 7-6 3-6 6-4 just two days after losing to John Isner in the Atlanta Open final.

Groth fired 16 aces but won just four of 16 break point chances, while Sela went three for six on his opportunities.

Wildcard Duckworth went down in two sets to American Steve Johnson, whose 6-3 7-6 victory earned him a second-round clash with compatriot and No.5 seed Isner.

Sam Querry blasted 17 aces in his 6-4 6-3 win over fellow American Michael Russell for a next round match-up against No.4 seed Kei Nishikori of Japan.

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt and Marinko Matosevic are currently battling it out for a spot in the last 16.

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