Alex de Minaur makes Washington quarters

Australian Alex de Minaur has advanced to the last eight at the Washington Citi Open but countryman James Duckworth has fallen in straight sets.

Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur

Australian Alex de Minaur has advanced to the last eight at the Washington Citi Open. (AAP)

Australia's Alex de Minaur has secured a spot in the Washington Citi Open quarter-finals after winning twice on the same day.

The 19-year-old defeated South Korean eighth seed Hyeon Chung 6-2 4-6 6-2 in a match lasting close to two hours.

Earlier de Minaur overpowered American Steve Johnson 6-4 7-5 in their held-over clash.

De Minaur will play Andy Murray after the Scot beat Romania's Marius Copil 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 7-6 (7-4).

Fellow Australian James Duckworth was bundled out after falling in straight sets to Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The world No.654 went down to the 10th-seeded Greek 6-3 6-4 in just over an hour.

German brothers Alexander and Mischa Zverev faced each other in at ATP main-draw match for the first time, with No.1 seed and defending champion Alexander winning 6-3 7-5.

Alexander advances to the quarter-finals where he'll face Japan's Kei Nishikori.

The brothers had met twice before in qualifying matches, most recently in 2014.

Their match ended with a lengthy embrace with Mischa saying despite the loss it was a contest he would always remember.

"After the coin toss I had tears in my eyes because it felt so special," he said.

"I wondered what are my parents thinking right now. I needed a few seconds to bite my tongue and focus."

The brothers' moment as adversaries didn't last long .

They headed to a different court and backed up for a 6-1 6-4 win over Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic.

In other action in the US capital, Wimbledon semi-finalist John Isner was beaten by the lower-ranked Noah Rubin.

A weary-looking Isner was broken twice in the opening set to lose 6-4 7-6 (8-6) to Rubin, ranked 152nd in the world.

Isner was coming off a title in Atlanta last week while Rubin will now meet Russian Andrey Rublev in the next round.


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