Mexican Open: Nakashima edges past Bonzi to reach second round
Brandon Nakashima won against Benjamin Bonzi 7-6 (6), 7-5 on Wednesday night. He’ll play Dane Holger Rune, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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American Brandon Nakashima moved into the second round of the Mexican Open by defeating Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 7-6 (6), 7-5 at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco.
Nakashima, ranked No 42, will face Dane Holger Rune, the No 4 seed, 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: wednesday
- Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Arnaldi: wednesday
- Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (WC) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Mattia Bellucci (LL): 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Holger Rune beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Tommy Paul (3) beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Learner Tien (Q) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (5), 6-3
- 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
