Shelton holds off Cobolli in two tiebreaks in Acapulco first round

American Ben Shelton, the No 5 seed, moved into the second round of the Mexican Open by beating Flavio Cobolli 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Monday night.

Shelton, ranked No 14, will meet Belgian David Goffin on Wednesday.

Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexandre Muller
• Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mattia Bellucci
• Holger Rune vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Tommy Paul
• Learner Tien vs. Cameron Norrie
• David Goffin beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Adam Walton (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Casper Ruud (2) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-3
• Tomas Machac (8) beat Jakub Mensik: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

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