The current champion Alex de Minaur defeated Sebastian Ofner 6-1, 6-3 this Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals in the Mexican Open that will take place this week in Acapulco.
The Australian, designated third, Will face Stefanos Tsitsipas, fifth seedwho advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 event with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) win over Flavio Cobolli.
The Greek was supported from afar by Paula Badosa, who did not want to miss any details of the matchas he showed on his social networks with a picture where he is seen watching the game from his cell phone while traveling in a taxi.
De Minaur, a 25-year-old Australian, has 10 ATP Tour titles and Tsitsipas has seven. But the Greek has never won a 500-level tournament despite two wins in Masters 1000 tournaments.
Tsitsipas is 0-10 in 500 finals, including Acapulco in 2021. De Minaur became the first defending champion in Mexico to reach the quarterfinals since Dominic Thiem in 2017.
In the final match of the day Holger Rune defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(5), 6-2 and he will face German Dominik Koepfer this Thursday in the quarterfinals, who beat American Frances Tiafoe, eighth seed, 6-4, 5-7 and 6-1.
For his part, Jack Draper reached the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Yoshihito Nishioka and will now face Miomir Kecmanovic, who beat Daniel Altmaier 6-4, 6-4.
Source: La Verdad
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