Mexican Open: Kovacevic beats Los Cabos champ Thompson to reach second round
The American qualifier will play Dane Holger Rune, the second seed, in the next round
Aleksandar Kovacevic at the 2024 Dallas Open
American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic edged out Australian Jordan Thompson 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Mexican Open at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Tuesday.
Thompon had a quick turnaround from Los Cabos where he picked up is first ATP singles title on Sunday and also won the doubles in a Herculean effort which saw him three matches on the final day of the event.
Kovacevic, ranked No 93, will face Dane Holger Rune, the second seed, next.
Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round matches (Princess Mundo Imperial Resort, hard, USD 2,206,080):
- Casper Ruud (6) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Holger Rune beat Michael Mmoh (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Dominik Koepfer beat Terence Atmane (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
- Frances Tiafoe (8) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-3, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Taylor Fritz (4): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (3) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-1
- Yoshihito Nishioka (LL) beat Nuno Borges: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Sebastian Ofner beat Ernesto Escobedo (WC): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Ben Shelton beat Daniel Evans: 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Jack Draper beat Tommy Paul (7): 6-0, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Diego Schwartzman (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Altmaier
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