Delray Beach Open: Fritz edges close to title defence, moves into quarter-finals

American Taylor Fritz, the top seed, won against Portugal’s Nuno Borges 7-6 (5), 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach Open at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center on Thursday night.

Fritz, ranked No 9, will play Australian Rinky Hijikata next.

Borges, ranked No 46, defeated Canadian lucky loser Gabriel Diallo (6-4, 7-6 (1)) in the previous round of the Delray Beach tournament.

Delray Beach ATP 250, other second-round results (Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center, hard, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• Radu Albot vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Zachary Svajda vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Alex Michelsen vs. Tommy Paul
• Jordan Thompson vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
• Marcos Giron beat Adrian Mannarino (4): 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Rinky Hijikata beat Matteo Arnaldi (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Patrick Kypson (WC) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-4