Peter Gojowczyk was eliminated in the first round of the tennis hard court tournament in Washington.
The 33-year-old from Munich lost 5:7, 4:6 to Frenchman Benoît Paire after 1:08 hours of play. Most recently, Gojowczyk, 110th in the world rankings, failed in the round of 16 at the tournament in Atlanta.
Previously, Dominik Koepfer had moved into the second round. The professional from Furtwangen won his first round game against Korean Kwon Soon Woo 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 on Monday. The next opponent is the Russian Karen Khachanov. The tournament in the US capital is endowed with 1.953 million US dollars.