Just 24 hours after crushing Mexican wildcard Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez in his opening-round conflict on the ATP occasion in Acapulco, Alex de Minaur has as soon as once more wasted little time in reserving his spot within the quarter-finals.
The Australian eighth seed thrashed Italian qualifier Jacopo Berrettini 6-1 6-0 in a tick over an hour on Wednesday, having dropped simply three video games within the 77-minute overcome Pacheco Mendez.
De Minaur, the world No.22, is having fun with a strong block of kind and booked his third straight last-eight look after doing so beforehand in Rotterdam and Marseille.
The 24-year-old Sydneysider arrange a contest with Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel, who noticed off fourth-ranked Casper Rudd 7-5 2-6 7-6 (7-5).
For Daniel, the victory was his first over a top-10 participant and ended an eight-match dropping streak towards gamers ranked within the high 10.
Ruud reached No.2 within the rankings after dropping the final US Open closing to Carlos Alcaraz and towards the 30-year-old Daniel, the Norwegian dedicated 46 unforced errors and slipped to 3-4 in 2023.
“I think every time these victories feel more like my own. The first time I beat (Novak) Djokovic, it felt a little bit like he was not playing very well,” Daniel mentioned.
“But this time I felt like I was really playing against Casper at a high level. I mean obviously he’s still coming back, he’s a bit rusty and all that. But still, I had to win it.
“It was a really bodily battle, nice ambiance, so joyful.”
In other matches, Frances Tiafoe beat Feliciano Lopez 6-2 7-6 (8-6), advancing to face Matteo Berrettini after he defeated Swede Elias Ymer 6-3 6-3.
McKenzie McDonald ousted Brandon Nakashima 6-2 6-0 and will face off against Tommy Paul, who reached the quarters when Michael Mmoh retired in the second set.
Meantime, in Santiago, Jaume Munar of Spain has upset top-seeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals at the clay-court Chile Open.
The 66th-ranked Munar will next face Brazilian player Thiago Monteiro, who progressed by beating Marco Cecchinato of Italy 3-6 6-3 6-2.
German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann beat Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 and will meet Nicolas Jarry in the last eight, after the Chilean beat fourth seed Diego Schwartzman 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-2).
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Source: www.perthnow.com.au
