Mexican Open: Tiafoe beats in-form Muller to reach second round
Frances Tiafoe defeated Alexandre Muller 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday night. He’ll face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the next round
Frances Tiafoe, Erste Bank Open, Vienna, 2024 © Gepa / Panoramic
American Frances Tiafoe, the No 7 seed, advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open by winning against Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-4, 6-2 at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco.
Tiafoe, ranked No 18, will play Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina next.
Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):
- Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu: wednesday
- Denis Shapovalov (9) beat Nishesh Basavareddy (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Brandon Nakashima beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-6 (6), 7-5
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
- 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 (4) 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
