Dallas Open: Second seed Paul through to quarter-finals

American Tommy Paul, the second seed, defeated Japanese Taro Daniel 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Dallas Open at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Thursday night.

Paul, ranked No 15, will play the winner of the match between German Dominik Koepfer, the No 8 seed, and Australian Rinky Hijikata next.

In the previous round of the Dallas tournament, Daniel, ranked No 62, benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Constant Lestienne (4-6, 6-4, 5-0).

Dallas ATP 250, other second-round results (Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):

• Adrian Mannarino vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alex Michelsen
• Jordan Thompson vs. Denis Kudla
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Ben Shelton (3) beat Michael Mmoh: 6-3, 6-3
• James Duckworth beat Christopher Eubanks (5): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Marcos Giron beat Max Purcell (6): 6-4, 6-3