Alex de Minaur has opened his marketing campaign in Acapulco, Mexico with a extremely spectacular straight-sets victory.
The Australian eighth seed, who boomed down 4 aces and struck 25 winners, wanted simply 77 minutes to seal a 6-1 6-2 win over native wildcard Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez.
World No.22 de Minaur wasted no time in taking cost, breaking within the opening sport after which once more within the fifth and seventh video games of the primary set.
Another two breaks of serve by the 24-year-old Sydneysider within the second arrange a last-16 conflict with qualifier Jacopo Berrettini, after the Italian progressed by way of a walkover when main Oscar Otte of Germany 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 2-1.
American Brandon Nakashima is thru to the spherical of 16 having held off one other German in Daniel Altmaier, 6-3 3-6 6-1, as is compatriot Mackenzie McDonald who triumphed 6-4 6-2 over Luciano Darderi.
Earlier, Slovakia’s Alex Molcan was compelled to retire when trailing 6-0 1-0 towards Berrettini’s older brother Matteo, whereas Swede Elias Ymer beat French veteran Adrian Mannarino 5-7 6-3 6-4.
At the ATP occasion in Santiago, former world No.3 and 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem has continued to battle on clay as he works his method again from proper wrist and stomach accidents.
The 29-year-old Austrian misplaced 6-2 7-6 (7-2) to Christian Garin within the first spherical, the Chilean advancing to the final 16 the place he’ll face Argentine Sebastian Baez.
Thiem has slipped down the rankings to 99th after claiming only one singles victory on tour this 12 months — towards Molcan on the Argentina Open earlier in February.
In different outcomes, Thiago Monteiro beat fifth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5 4-6 7-5 to maneuver right into a match towards Marco Cecchinato, who earlier beat Facundo Bagnis 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7-3).
With AP.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
