Pacheco Mendez upsets Vukic to advances in front of home crowd at ATP Acapulco 500

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez ousted Aleksandar Vukic in a third-set tiebreak on Tuesday in Acapulco. Pacheco Mendez will face Norwegian Casper Ruud in the second round.

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Mexican wild card Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez moved into the second round of the Mexican Open by edging out Australian Aleksandar Vukic 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4) at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Tuesday night.

Pacheco Mendez, ranked No 356, will next face second-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud.

Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):

  • Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexandre Muller
  • Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
  • Denis Shapovalov vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
  • Benjamin Bonzi vs. Brandon Nakashima:
  • Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Arnaldi:
  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Mattia Bellucci (LL): 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2
  • Holger Rune (4) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (4), 6-3
  • Tommy Paul (3) beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
  • Learner Tien (Q) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (5), 6-3
  • David Goffin beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-3
  • Marcos Giron beat Adam Walton (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2
  • Ben Shelton (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
  • Casper Ruud beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-3
  • Tomas Machac (8) beat Jakub Mensik: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
  • Daniel Altmaier (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

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