San Diego Open: Duckworth makes quarter-finals
James Duckworth defeated Mitchell Krueger 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Thursday night and will play the winner of the match between American Marcos Giron, the No 3 seed, and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the next round
Australian James Duckworth, the No 7 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the San Diego Open by defeating American qualifier Mitchell Krueger 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the Barnes Tennis Centre on Thursday night.
Duckworth, ranked No 83, will play the winner of the match between American Marcos Giron, the No 3 seed, and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.
The Australian won against Alexei Popyrin (7-5, 4-6, 6-1) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the San Diego, Krueger, ranked No 228, beat qualifier Christopher Eubanks (6-4, 6-4).
San Diego ATP 250, other second-round results (Barnes Tennis Centre, hard, USD 612.000, most recent results first):
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Kudla
- Daniel Evans vs. Taro Daniel
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Constant Lestienne vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- J.J. Wolf vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Pedro Martinez
- Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
