Mexican Open: De Minaur books spot in second round
Alex De Minaur won against Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Mexican wildcard Ernesto Escobedo and Austrian Sebastian Ofner in the next round
Alex de Minaur (Imago / Panoramic)
Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 3 seed, reached the second round of the Mexican Open by winning against Japanese Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-1 at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Tuesday.
De Minaur, ranked No 9 in the world, will play the winner of the match between Mexican wildcard Ernesto Escobedo and Austrian Sebastian Ofner next.
The Australian is the defending champion in Acapulco this week having beaten American Tommy Paul in the final last year.
Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round matches (Princess Mundo Imperial Resort, hard, USD 2,206,080):
- Ben Shelton beat Daniel Evans: 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Jack Draper beat Tommy Paul (7): 6-0, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Diego Schwartzman (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Michael Mmoh vs. Holger Rune
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jordan Thompson
- Casper Ruud vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Terence Atmane vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Max Purcell
- Roman Safiullin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Taylor Fritz
- Nuno Borges vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Ernesto Escobedo vs. Sebastian Ofner
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