Atlanta Open: Rinderknech beats Walton to move into quarters
The Frenchman will meet Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci in the last eight
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Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech reached the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Open by beating Australian lucky loser Adam Walton 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Wednesday.
Rinderknech, ranked No 64, will next face Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci, who upset second seed Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in another second round match.
Rinderknech won against American lucky loser J.J. Wolf (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Open on his birthday.
In the first round, Walton, ranked No 95, won against Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 6 seed (6-4, 6-4).
Atlanta ATP 250, other second-round matches (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756,020):
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Reilly Opelka vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Jordan Thompson vs. Harold Mayot
- David Goffin vs. Max Purcell
- Ben Shelton vs. Juncheng Shang
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Adrian Mannarino
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