Mexican Open: Shapovalov races past Michelsen into quarter-finals

Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 9 seed, defeated American Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the last eight of the Mexican Open at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Wednesday night.

Shapovalov, ranked No 32, will play Marcos Giron next.

Ahead of his victory, the Canadian won against American qualifier Nishesh Basavareddy (7-5, 6-2).

Michelsen, ranked No 34, edged out Chinese wildcard Yunchaokete Bu (2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Acapulco tournament.

Acapulco ATP 500, other second-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2,585,410, most recent results first):

• Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Casper Ruud
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien: thursday
• Brandon Nakashima beats Holger Rune (4): 3-0 ret.
• David Goffin beats Ben Shelton (5): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Tomas Machac (8) beat Daniel Altmaier (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Marcos Giron vs. Tommy Paul