Munar upsets Shelton to make Dallas quarter-finals

Jaume Munar knocked off American Ben Shelton, the No 4 seed, 6-2, 7-6 (3) to move into the quarter-finals of the Dallas Open at the Ford Center at The Star on Thursday.

Munar, ranked No 64, will play eighth-seeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi next.

In the previous round of the tournament, the Spaniard beat China’s Bu Yunchaokete 7-5, 6-2.

Shelton, ranked No 13, defeated Australian Aleksandar Vukic(6-3, 6-3 in the opening round.

Dallas ATP 500, other second-round matches:

• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-1, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Tommy Paul vs. Ethan Quinn
• Reilly Opelka vs. Cameron Norrie
• Michael Mmoh vs. Casper Ruud
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Tomas Machac

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