Tommy Paul reaches Delray Beach quarter-finals

Second seed Tommy Paul – one of three American men currently ranked inside the top 20 – moved into the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach Open by winning against Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-4 at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

The 25-year-old is fresh off his first major semi-final at this year’s Australian Open, and he improves his 2023 record to 8-2 with his second victory in two meetings at tour-level against Kudla.

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Paul, ranked No 19, will face Radu Albot next.

In the previous round of the Delray Beach tournament, Kudla, ranked No 95, edged out Australian Jordan Thompson (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)).

Delray Beach ATP250, other second-round results (Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center, hard, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Taylor Fritz vs. Emilio Gomez
• Adrian Mannarino vs. J.J. Wolf
• Radu Albot beat Aleksandar Vukic (LL): 6-4, 6-4
• Michael Mmoh beat Denis Shapovalov (3): 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Matija Pecotic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Yoshihito Nishioka (5): 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic (4) beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-3, 7-5