Jordan Thompson’s Dallas Open marketing campaign is over after the Australian was eradicated in two units by Adrian Mannarino.
The event No.8 seed simply claimed the primary set 6-2 however then discovered some struggle from Thompson within the second earlier than the Sydneysider went down 7-6, dropping the tiebreaker 7-3.
Mannarino will now face China’s Yibing Wu, who beat third-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7-1) 6-4.
Meanwhile John Isner prolonged his report by profitable his 499th profession tiebreaker, advancing to the final eight of his hometown event with a 6-3 7-6 (7-1) win over Daniel Altmaier.
Isner obtained the one break of the match for a 4-2 lead within the first set, then closed out the set at love on his serve.
Isner received the ultimate seven factors after falling behind 1-0 within the tiebreaker, getting two of his 18 aces.
“I played a great tiebreaker just now to win the match, and I played a great tiebreaker my first-round win as well,” stated Isner, whose house is just a few blocks from the indoor venue on the SMU campus.
The second-round victory got here after Isner received each tiebreakers in a straight-sets victory over Chun-Hsin Tseng. The big-serving Isner received the ultimate six factors of the second tiebreaker in opposition to Tseng. Roger Federer is second in profession tiebreaker victories with 466.
Isner will face Emilio Gomez, who rallied to oust fourth-seeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.
The fifth-seeded American, who reached the semi-finals of the inaugural Dallas occasion final yr, was joined by one other 2022 semi-finalist, top-seeded American Taylor Fritz.
Fritz posted a 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 victory over wildcard Jack Sock.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
