Los Cabos Open: Steve Johnson sets up quarter-final clash against Auger-Aliassime

American Steve Johnson advanced to the last eight of the Los Cabos Open by edging out Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, the No 7 seed, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Wednesday evening.

Steve Johnson, ranked No 92, will play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the second seed, next.

The American beat Argentinian lucky loser Gonzalo Villanueva (7-6 (1), 6-4) in the first round of the tournament.

In the previous round, Kokkinakis, ranked No 75, had defeated Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco in three sets (6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2).

Los Cabos ATP 250, other second-round matches (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 920.625, most recent results first):

• Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Cameron Norrie: thursday
• Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Radu Albot beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 6-2
• Ricardas Berankis beat Facundo Bagnis: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Juan Alejandro Hernandez (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Brandon Nakashima (6) beat Max Purcell (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic (4) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 6-2

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