Mexican Open: Paul books spot in second round
Tommy Paul won against Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday and will face American Marcos Giron next
Tommy Paul (Zuma / Psnewz)
American Tommy Paul, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open by winning against Canadian qualifier Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 6-2 at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Tuesday.
Paul, ranked No 10, will play American Marcos Giron next.
Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexandre Muller
- Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mattia Bellucci
- Holger Rune vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Learner Tien vs. Cameron Norrie:
- David Goffin beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-3
- Marcos Giron beat Adam Walton (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Ben Shelton (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
- Casper Ruud (2) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-3
- Tomas Machac (8) beat Jakub Mensik: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
