Mexican Open: Paul withdraws sending Giron into quarter-finals
Marcos Giron benefited from the withdrawal of Tommy Paul on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 9 seed, and American Alex Michelsen in the next round
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Marcos Giron moved into the last eight of the Mexican Open after No 3 seed Tommy Paul withdrew before the match at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Wednesday.
Giron, ranked No 52, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 9 seed, and American Alex Michelsen next.
In the previous round of the Acapulco tournament, Marcos Giron defeated Australian qualifier Adam Walton (7-6 (4), 6-2).
Paul, ranked No 10, won against Canadian qualifier Gabriel Diallo (6-2, 6-2) during the first round of the Acapulco tournament.
Acapulco ATP 500, other second-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):
- Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Casper Ruud
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Holger Rune vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Alex Michelsen
- David Goffin vs. Ben Shelton
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Tomas Machac
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