Mexican Open: Shelton advances to quarter-finals

American Ben Shelton won against Italian Matteo Arnaldi 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-3 to move into the last eight of the Mexican Open at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Wednesday.

Shelton, ranked No 17, will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, and Serb Dusan Lajovic next.

Ahead of his win today, the 21-year-old American edged out Dan Evans (2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)).

With this win, Shelton emulates his father, Bryan Shelton, who reached the quarter-finals at this event in 1994.

Arnaldi, ranked No 42, defeated American Taylor Fritz, the No 4 seed (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

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

• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 6-4
• Dominik Koepfer beat Frances Tiafoe (8): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
• Alex De Minaur (3) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-1, 6-3
• Jack Draper beat Yoshihito Nishioka (LL): 6-3, 6-0
• Casper Ruud vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Holger Rune

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