Ymer capitalizes on lucky loser spot in Acapulco, advances to second round
Elias Ymer beat Adrian Mannarino in three sets on Tuesday in Acapulco.
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Lucky loser Elias Ymer battled past Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Mexican Open at the Princess Mundo Imperial in Acapulco on Tuesay night.
Ymer, ranked No 170, will play Italian Matteo Berrettini next. The Swede got a spot in the main draw when Cameron Norrie withdrew following his title in Rio de Janeiro.
Acapulco ATP500, other first-round matchups and results:
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
- Luciano Darderi vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Jacopo Berrettini vs. Oscar Otte: wednesday
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Brandon Nakashima:
- Nuno Borges beat Nick Chappell (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Matteo Berrettini beat Alex Molcan: 6-0, 1-0 ret.
- Casper Ruud (2) beat Guido Andreozzi (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
- Tommy Paul (7) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Taro Daniel (Q) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (6) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Holger Rune (4) beat Ben Shelton (WC): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Feliciano López (WC) beat Christopher Eubanks: 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (4), 6-0, 7-5
- Taylor Fritz (3) beat John Isner: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Michael Mmoh beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (3), 6-1
