Mexican Open: Lucky loser Nishioka advances to second round, faces Draper next

Japanese lucky loser Yoshihito Nishioka moved into the second round of the Mexican Open by edging out Portuguese Nuno Borges 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Tuesday.

Nishioka, ranked No 82 in the world, will play Great Britain’s Jack Draper next.

Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round matches (Princess Mundo Imperial Resort, hard, USD 2,206,080):

• Alex De Minaur (3) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-1
• Sebastian Ofner beat Ernesto Escobedo (WC): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• 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
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Taylor Fritz