Houston Open: Nakashima eases past Hijikata

American Brandon Nakashima beat Australian Rinky Hijikata 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the Houston Open at River Oaks Country Club on Wednesday night.

Nakashima, ranked No 92, will play the winner of the match between American Ben Shelton, the top seed, and Belgian Zizou Bergs next.

Ahead of his victory, the 22-year-old American won against Croat Duje Ajdukovic (6-1, 6-4).

Hijikata, ranked No 80, won against American Christopher Eubanks, the No 5 seed (7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the Houston tournament.

Houston ATP 250, other second-round results (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 742.350, most recent results first):

• Marcos Giron vs. J.J. Wolf
• James Duckworth vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Jordan Thompson vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Michael Mmoh vs. Max Purcell
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Ben Shelton vs. Zizou Bergs
• Luciano Darderi beat Francisco Cerundolo (2): 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)