ATP Adelaide: Giron beats Shapovalov to move into quarter-finals
The American will face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 5 seed, and Frenchman Arthur Cazaux in the next round
Marcos Giron (Imago/Panoramic)
American Marcos Giron moved into the last eight of the Adelaide International by winning against Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-5, 6-2 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Giron, ranked No 45, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 5 seed, and Frenchman Arthur Cazaux next.
Ahead of his win today, the American defeated Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-2, 3-6, 6-3).
Shapovalov, ranked No 58, beat Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, the No 9 seed (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the tournament.
Adelaide ATP 250, other second-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766,290):
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Tommy Paul vs. Manuel Guinard
- Li Tu vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Sebastian Korda
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Arthur Cazaux
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